Hyloxalus subpunctatus

The Bogota rocket frog (Hyloxalus subpunctatus) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.

Hyloxalus subpunctatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Hyloxalus
Species:	H. subpunctatus
Binomial name
Hyloxalus subpunctatus (Cope, 1899)
Synonyms
Prostherapis subpunctatus Cope, 1899 Prostherapis variabilis Werner, 1899 Prostherapis tarsalis Werner, 1916 Phyllobates subpunctatus Barbour and Noble, 1920 Phyllobates subpunctatus subpunctatus Cochran and Goin, 1970 Phyllobates subpunctatus walesi Cochran and Goin, 1970 Colostethus subpunctatus Edwards, 1971 Colostethus variabilis Edwards, 1971 Hyloxalus subpunctatus Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

Home

This frog lives in places where the grass is open to the sky. It lives in places where the ground is covered in water and in páramo forests. People have seen this frog between 1750 to 4020 meters above sea level.

Many of the places this frog lives are protected parks, for example Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, Parque Nacional Natural Iguaque, Parque Ecológico Distrital de Montaña La Regadera-Chisacá y La Regadera, Área Forestal Distrital Corredor de Restauración Aguadita-La Regadera, Área Forestal Distrital Subpáramo La Regadera, Área Forestal Distrital Corredor de Restauración Piedra Gorda, and Área Forestal Distrital Páramo Los Salitres.

Young

The female frog lays eggs on the ground. The male frog carries the tadpoles on his back. He carries them to water.

Danger

Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out, but it does not live in places with bad chemicals in the water, for example, bad chemicals from farms and towns.