Ectopoglossus confusus
The confusing rocket frog or confounding rocket frog (Ectopoglossus confusus) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador.[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: | Ectopoglossus |
| Species: | E. confusus
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| Ectopoglossus confusus (Myers and Grant, 2009)
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Body
changeScientists found one male frog. It was 21.7 mm long from nose to rear end and six female frogs were 23 - 26 mm long. The skin of the frog's back can look black or can look dark green, depending on the light. It has light brown or bronze spots. There are stripes across the legs. There is some blue color on the front legs. The throat and belly are light blue in color. The iris of the eye is light bronze or green in color with a black pattern. The bottoms of the legs are gray-brown in color with some orange.[3]
Home
changeThis frog is awake during the day. It lives near streams with clear water and rocks on hte bottom. It lives on mountains where 2000-4000 mm of rain falls each year. Scientists saw the frog between 600 and 1700 meters above sea level.[2][1]
The frog lives in one protected park: Reserva Ecológica Los Ilinizas.[1]
Danger
changeScientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out. Humans have cut down forests so that only small pieces of forest are left, and the frogs cannot move between those pieces easily. Humans also cut down forests to get wood to build with, to make places for cows to eat grass, and to make farms. Scientists have seen the fungal disease chytridiomycosis near where the frog lives, but they are not sure if it has killed many of this frog or not.[1]
First paper
change- Myers CW; Grant T (2009). "Anomaloglossus confusus, a new Ecuadorian frog formerly masquerading as Colostethus chocoensis (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae)". Amer Mus Novit. 3659: 1–12.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Confusing Rocket Frog: Ectopoglossus confusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T190980A1964135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T190980A1964135.en. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Ectopoglossus confusus (Myers and Grant, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Emily Moura; Nicole Duong; Michelle S. Koo (October 20, 2016). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Ectopoglossus confusus (Myers & Grant, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
