Allobates femoralis
The brilliant-thighed rocket frog or brilliant-thighed poison arrow frog (Allobates femoralis) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | Allobates |
| Species: | A. femoralis
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| Allobates femoralis (Boulenger, 1884)
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Body
changeThe adult male frog can be 28-33 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be 33-35 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is black or dark brown in color. There is a light brown line from the nose to the back legs. There is a white line from the nose to the back legs. There is an orange mark near where the back legs make the body. The belly is white with black marks. The throat is black.[3]
This frog eats ants and other animals with no bones.[3]
Home
changeThis frog is awake during the day. It lives on the ground in tropical forests. People have seen it in forests that have never been cut down and forests that were destroyed and are growing back. People see them near the ends of forests. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.[1]
This frog lives in many protected parks.[1]
Young
changeThe female frog lays her eggs on the dead leaves on the ground. She lays 8-17 eggs at a time. After the eggs hatch, the male and female frogs carry the tadpoles to water, where the tadpoles swim and grow.[1]
Danger
changeScientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Humans do change the places where the frog lives to make farms, make places for animals to eat grass, and get wood to build with. The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis can get into this frog, but scientists do not think the frogs die from it.[1]
Humans do sell this frog on the international pet trade, but scientists do not know if the frogs were caught in the forests or not.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Brilliant-thighed Poison Frog: Allobates femoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T77653716A77653147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T77653716A77653147.en. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates femoralis (Boulenger, 1884)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Albertina P. Lima; William E. Magnusson; Marcelo Menin; Luciana K. Erdtmann; Domingos J. Rodrigues; Claudia Keller; Walter Hödl (November 14, 2007). Keith Lui; Christine Lu; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Allobates femoralis (Boulenger, 1884)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
