Ameerega pulchripecta
The blue-breasted poison frog, beautiful-breasted poison frog, beautiful-breasted poison arrow frog, or Silverstone's poison frog (Ameerega pulchripecta) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Ameerega |
| Species: | A. pulchripecta
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| Ameerega pulchripecta (Silverstone, 1976)
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Home
changeThis frog lives in the Amazon. People see it on the dead leaves on the ground in rainforests. Scientists saw the frog between 100 and 310 meters above sea level.[2][1]
Scientists have only seen this frog in protected parks. Two of them are Floresta Nacional do Amapá and Parque Natural Municipal do Cancão.[1]
Young
changeThe adult male frogs sit under plant roots no higher than 40 cm above the ground. Then they call to the female frogs. Scientists think the female frog lays her eggs on the dead leaves on the ground and that, after the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water.[1]
Danger
changeScientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Humans do cut down trees to get wood to build with and mark farms. People might also catch this frog to sell as a pet. Scientists say this does not happen enough to make the frog die out.[1]
References
change- ↑ 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). "Silverstone's Poison Frog: Ameerega pulchripecta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55233A184642005. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Ameerega pulchripecta (Silverstone, 1976)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Ameerega pulchripecta (Silverstone, 1976)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
