Allobates sanmartini

species of amphibian

The San Martin rocket frog (Allobates sanmartini) is a frog. It lives in Venezuela.[2][3][1]

Allobates sanmartini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. sanmartini
Binomial name
Allobates sanmartini
(Rivero, Langone, and Prigioni, 1986)
Synonyms[2]
  • Colostethus sanmartini Rivero, Langone, and Prigioni, 1986
  • Epipedobates sanmartini Myers, 1987
  • Allobates sanmartini Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

Scientists think this frog lives in tropical forests. Scientists first saw the frog in exactly one place, 70 meters above sea level.[1]

There are protected parks in the place where the frog lives: Caura National Park and Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park.[1]

Scientists think this frog has young the way other frogs in Allobates do: The female frog lays her eggs on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water.[1]

Danger

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Scientists do not know if this frog is in danger of dying out. But it lives in the Caura River Basin, where people cut down many trees, to get wood to build with, make towns, and dig in the ground for good rocks and metal. Some of these digs are legal and some are not.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Señaris, J.C.; Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M. (2022). "Allobates sanmartini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T55147A198635411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T55147A198635411.en. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates sanmartini (Rivero, Langone, and Prigioni, 1986)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  3. "Allobates sanmartini (Rivero, Langone, & Prigioni, 1986)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 29, 2024.