Hyloxalus subpunctatus

Hyloxalus subpunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species:
H. subpunctatus
Binomial name
Hyloxalus subpunctatus
(Cope, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Prostherapis subpunctatus Cope, 1899
  • Prostherapis variabilis Werner, 1899
  • Prostherapis tarsalis Werner, 1916
  • Phyllobates subpunctatus Barbour and Noble, 1920
  • Phyllobates subpunctatus subpunctatus Cochran and Goin, 1970
  • Phyllobates subpunctatus walesi Cochran and Goin, 1970
  • Colostethus subpunctatus Edwards, 1971
  • Colostethus variabilis Edwards, 1971
  • Hyloxalus subpunctatus Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

The Bogota rocket frog (Hyloxalus subpunctatus) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.

Home

This frog lives in places where the grass is open to the sky. It lives in places where the ground is covered in water and in páramo forests. People have seen this frog between 1750 to 4020 meters above sea level.

Many of the places this frog lives are protected parks, for example Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, Parque Nacional Natural Iguaque, Parque Ecológico Distrital de Montaña La Regadera-Chisacá y La Regadera, Área Forestal Distrital Corredor de Restauración Aguadita-La Regadera, Área Forestal Distrital Subpáramo La Regadera, Área Forestal Distrital Corredor de Restauración Piedra Gorda, and Área Forestal Distrital Páramo Los Salitres.

Young

The female frog lays eggs on the ground. The male frog carries the tadpoles on his back. He carries them to water.

Danger

Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out, but it does not live in places with bad chemicals in the water, for example, bad chemicals from farms and towns.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Bogota Rocket Frog: Hyloxalus subpunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55152A85890332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55152A85890332.en. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloxalus subpunctatus (Cope, 1899)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Hyloxalus subpunctatus (Cope, 1899)". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 7, 2024.