Allobates talamancae
The Talamanca rocket frog or striped rocket frog (Allobates talamancae) is a frog. It lives in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.[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. talamancae
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| Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)
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Body
changeThe adult male frog can be as big as 24 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be as big as 25 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color and its belly is light in color. There is a dark stripe along each side of the body. There are two white stripes around each one. The throat and belly are white in color. Female frogs can have yellow stomachs.[3]
Home
changeThis frog is awake during the day. It lives on the ground. in tropical forests. It lives in places where 2000-4000 mm of water falls as rain or other weather each year. People have also seen it on farms and in forests that were destroyed and are growing back. Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 970 meters above sea level.[2][1]
This frog lives in many protected parks. It also lives near Reserva Ecológica Cayapas-Mataje and Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas.[1]
Young
changeThe female frog lays her eggs on the dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the male and female adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water.[1]
The tadpoles are dark brown in color on the back, lighter on the belly, and light brown on the tail. They can be 12 mm long.[3]
Danger
changeScientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Humans do cut down trees to make farms, get wood to build with, make places for animals to eat grass, and make places for people to live. Bad chemicals from farms can hurt this frog. People also brought fish from other parts of the world that eat this frog. In some places, the fungal disease chytridiomycosis has killed this frog.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Talamanca Rocket Frog: Allobates talamancae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55155A54344021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55155A54344021.en. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Peera Chantasirivisal (November 1, 2005). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
