Ameerega boliviana

The Bolivian poison frog or Bolivian poison-arrow frog (Ameerega boliviana) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia.

Ameerega boliviana
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Ameerega
Species:	A. boliviana
Binomial name
Ameerega boliviana (Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms
Prostherapis bolivianus Boulenger, 1902 Phyllobates bolivianus Barbour and Noble, 1920 Colostethus bolivianus Edwards, 1971 Dendrobates bolivianus Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978 Epipedobates bolivianus Myers, 1987 Ameerega boliviana Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

Home

This frog lives on the ground in forests near streams in Yungas. People have also seen it in grassy places where animals eat grass. Scientists saw the frog between 800 and 1400 meters above sea level. This frog can live in places that people have changed so long as there is enough water in the air.

Some of the places the frog lives are protected parks: Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve, Area Natural de Manejo Integado Nacional Apolobamba, and Area Protegida Municipal Cabeceras de Maniqui.

Young

The male frog sits near the edge of the forest and calls to the female frogs. The female frog lays her eggs on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the male frogs carry the tadpoles to water, for example streams.

Danger

Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out. Humans change the places where the frog lives. People cut down forests to get wood to build with, build roads, and make farms and places for cows to eat grass. There are also more landslides than there used to be. Scientists also think climate change could hurt this frog by making less rain in its home.