Leucostethus siapida
species of amphibian
Leucostethus siapida is a frog. It lives on Gorgona Island in Colombia.[1][2]
| Leucostethus siapida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Leucostethus |
| Species: | L. siapida
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucostethus siapida Grant and Bolívar-García, 2021
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Scientists saw the frog on Gorgona Island. It is in the Pacific Ocean, southwest of the rest of Colombia. [3]
This frog has a light-colored belly and orange color where the legs meet the body. It has white spots on the parts of its back legs near the body.
Scientists say the frog looks like L. argyrogaster and L. fugax but it is more closely related to L. bilsa.[3]
The scientists who wrote the first paper about the frog say it is in some danger of dying out.[3]
References
change- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Leucostethus siapida (Rivero and Serna, 1986)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Leucostethus siapida (Rivero and Serna, 1986)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Grant T.; Bolívar-García W. (2021). "A new species of Leucostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Gorgona Island, Colombia". ZooKeys (Abstract). 1057: 185–208. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1057.67621. PMID 34552372. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
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