Adelphobates quinquevittatus

species of amphibian

The Rio Madeira poison frog or Amazonian poison-arrow frog (Adelphobates quinquevittatus) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.[2][3][1]

Adelphobates quinquevittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Dendrobates
Genus: Adelphobates
Species:
A. quinquevittatus
Binomial name
Adelphobates quinquevittatus
(Rivero and Serna, 1986)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobates quinquevittatus Jan, 1857
  • Dendrobates tinctorius var. quinquevittatus Steindachner, 1864
  • Dendrobates quinquevittatus Silverstone, 1975
  • Ranitomeya quinquevittata Anonymous, 1985
  • Ranitomeya quinquevittata Bauer, 1988
  • Adelphobates quinquevittatus Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

Scientists see this frog on the dead leaves on the ground in tropical rainforests.[1]

Many of the places this frog lives are protected parks, for example Parque Estadual de Guajará-Mirím.[1]

The female frog lays eggs on the dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water, for example water in bromeliad plants and in the shells of Brazil nuts.[1]

Danger

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Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. But people cut down the forests where it lives to make farms, to dig good rocks out of the ground, and make dams for electricity. Fires can also stop the forests where the frog lives.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Rio Madeira Poison Frog: Adelphobates quinquevittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55197A89201174. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55197A89201174.en. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Rivero and Serna, 1986)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. "Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Rivero and Serna, 1986)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 20, 2024.