Ameerega berohoka

species of amphibian

Ameerega berohoka is a frog. It lives in Matto Grosso Brazil.[2][3][1]

Ameerega berohoka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species:
A. berohoka
Binomial name
Ameerega berohoka
Vaz-Silva and Maciel, 2011

The adult male frog is 19.2 to 23.4 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 21.9 to 24.3 mm long. There are disks on the toes for climbing. There is no webbed skin on the feet. There are bright orange spots on the back legs and near where the legs meet the body. There are light yellow stripes on both sides of the body. The sides of the body are black in color and the belly is white or blue in color. Scientists say this color tells animals that want to eat the frog that the frog has poison in its skin. The pupil of the eye is round in shape.[3]

The name berohoka means "big river" in the Karajas language.[3]

This frog lives in Cerrado places. People have seen it in forests, on farms, and in other places. People especially see it in places below the Araguaia River. People have seen it between 200 and 500 meters above sea level.[3][1]

The frog lives in one protected park, Parque Estadual Serra Azul. It also lives near Emas National Park.[1]

Scientists think that this frog has young the way other frogs in Ameerega do: The female frog lays eggs on dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries the tadpoles to water.[1]

Danger

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Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to make dams for electricity, make farms, make places for animals to eat grass, and make charcoal.[1]

First paper

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  • Vaz-Silva W; Medeiros Maciel N. (2011). "A new cryptic species of Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Brazilian Cerrado". Zootaxa. 2826: 57–68.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Ameerega berohoka". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T45727636A86254797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T45727636A86254797.en. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Ameerega boehmei Vaz-Silva and Maciel, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Avery Dean; Anne Boyd; Roberto Mejia-Alberto (July 1, 2021). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Ameerega berohoka Vaz-Silva & Maciel, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 10, 2024.