Hyloxalus cepedai

species of Amphibia

Hyloxalus cepedai is a frog. It lives in Colombia.[2][3][1]

Hyloxalus cepedai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species:
H. cepedai
Binomial name
Hyloxalus cepedai
(Morales, 2002)
Synonyms[2]
  • Colostethus cepedai Morales, 2002
  • Allobates cepedai Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006
  • Hyloxalus cepedai Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado, and Rueda-Almonacid, 2017

Scientists saw this frog on the dead leaves on the ground in forests that were not too high above sea level. It can live in grassy places with small, woody plants, forests that have been cut down and are growing back, and places near water. Scientists do not know if this frog can live in places that human beings have changed. Scientists saw this frog between 450 and 1120 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen this frog in one protected park: Reserva Forestal Nacional Vanguardia.[1]

The female frog lays eggs on the dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries the tadpoles to water.[1]

Danger

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Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make farms and to make places for human beings to live. Bad chemicals in the water can also hurt this frog.[1]

First paper

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  • Morales (2002). "None listed". Publ. Asoc. Amigos Donana. 13 (19).

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Rocket Frog: Hyloxalus cepedai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55064A49336745. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T55064A49336745.en. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloxalus cepedai (Morales, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  3. "Hyloxalus cepedai (Morales, 2002)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 14, 2024.