Ectopoglossus saxatilis

species of amphibian

Ectopoglossus saxatilis is a frog. It lives in Colombia. Scientists think it could also live in Panama.[2][3][1]

Ectopoglossus saxatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ectopoglossus
Species:
E. saxatilis
Binomial name
Ectopoglossus saxatilis
Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado, and Rueda-Almonacid, 2017

This frog is awake during the day. Scientists have only seen this frog in Cerro Tacarcuna. They found it near streams, near waterfalls, and in one cave. They saw the frog about 1100 meters above sea level.[2][1]

Scientists have not seen the frogs inside any protected parks, but they have seen it near two protected parks: Parque Nacional Los Katios in Colombia and Darien National Park in Panama.[1]

Danger

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Scientists do not know whether the frog is in danger of dying out, but the place where it lives is far from where humans go. Scientists looked for the fungal disease chytridiomycosis in other frogs that live nearby, but they did not find it.[1]

First paper

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  • Grant T; Rada M; Anganoy-Criollo M; Batista A; Dias PH; Jeckel AM; Machado DJ; Rueda-Almonacid JV (2017). "Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea)". South American Journal of Herpetology (Abstract). 12 (S1): S1–S90. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00017.1. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Ectopoglossus saxatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T138004865A138004948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T138004865A138004948.en. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Ectopoglossus saxatilis Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado, and Rueda-Almonacid, 2017". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  3. "Ectopoglossus saxatilis Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado, & Rueda-Almonacid, 2017". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 15, 2024.