Hyloxalus fallax
The Cotopaxi rocket frog (Hyloxalus fallax) 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: | Hyloxalus |
| Species: | H. fallax
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloxalus fallax (Rivero, 1991)
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Body
changeThe adult male frog is 16.2–18.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 16.8 mm long. The frog has a white belly.[3]
Home
changeThis frog lives in forests that have water in the air. Scientists saw at least one frog in a bromeliad plant. Scientists saw these frogs between 1760 and 2430 meters above sea level.[2][1]
Name
changeScientists named this frog fallax in Latin for "tricks people" because it looks like a different frog.[3]
Young
changeScientists think the tadpoles swim in streams.[1]
Danger
changeThis frog is in big danger of dying out and they might all be dead now. If they are not all dead, then only 249 or fewer are alive today. This is because human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms and get wood to build with.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "San Vicente Rocket Frog: Hyloxalus fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55080A98644651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55080A98644651.en. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloxalus fallax (Rivero, 1991)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Luis A. Coloma; Diego A. Ortiz; Caty Frenkel (May 14, 2013). Luis A. Coloma (ed.). "Hyloxalus fallax (Rivero, 1991)". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
