Dendrobates nubeculosus
The Rockstone poison dart frog (Dendrobates nubeculosus) is a frog. It lives in Guyana.[2][3][1]
| Dendrobates nubeculosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Dendrobates |
| Species: | D. nubeculosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrobates nubeculosus Jungfer and Böhme, 2004
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Body
changeThe adult frog is about 24.5 mm long from nose to rear end. Scientists think the male frog is larger than the female frog. Scientists studied one frog: The skin of its back was black or dark brown in color with big blue marks and some light spots. There was blue and black color on its sides. Its belly was all black.[3]
Name
changeScientists gave this frog the English name "Rockstone" because they found it near a town named Rockstone. They gave it the Latin name nebulosus because that means "covered in small clouds."[3]
Home
changeScientists found this frog in exactly one place: an evergreen forest that was flooded. They found it near streams. Scientists found this frog 7 meters above sea level.[1]
Young
changeScientists believe this frog hatches out of its egg as a tadpole because other frogs in Dendrobates do.[1]
Danger
changeScientists do not know whether this frog is at risk of dying out.[1]
First paper
change- Jungfer K-H; W Böhme (2004). "A new poison-dart frog (Dendrobates) from northern central Guyana (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae)". Salamandra. 40: 99–104.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Dendrobates nubeculosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61769A120314617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T61769A120314617.en. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Dendrobates nubeculosus Jungfer and Böhme, 2004". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sophie dela Cruz; Kate Korchek (November 19, 2023). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Dendrobates nubeculosus Jungfer and Böhme, 2004". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
