Allobates gasconi

Allobates gasconi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. gasconi
Binomial name
Allobates gasconi
(Morales, 2002)
Synonyms
  • Colostethus gasconi Morales, 2002 "2000"
  • Allobates fuscellus Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

Allobates gasconi is a frog. It lives in Brazil and Peru.

Home

This frog lives in Amazon forests called várzea that fill with water some of the time. It can live in forestst that were never cut down and in forests that are growing back. Scientists have seen the frog between 100 and 250 meters above sea level.

The place where this frog lives has many protected parks in it, for example Parque Ambiental Chico Mendes and Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá.

Young

The female frog lays eggs on land. After the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water.

Danger

Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In some places, fires and people cutting down trees to get wood to build with can hurt this frog.

First paper

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Allobates gasconi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55089A184641347. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55089A184641347.en. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates gasconi (Morales, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Allobates gasconi". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 16, 2025.