Silverstoneia dalyi
Silverstoneia dalyi is a frog. It lives in Colombia, in Chocó, near the Río San Juan.[2][3][1]
| Silverstoneia dalyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Silverstoneia |
| Species: | S. dalyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Silverstoneia dalyi Grant and Myers, 2013
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Body
changeThe adult male frog is 14.9 - 17.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 15.9 - 19.0 mm long. The skin of the frog's back can be different colors depending on where the frog lives. Frogs from Quebrada Docordó have brown backs and frogs from Playa de Oro have gray-brown skin. The sides of the frog's body are black in color with a stripe in it. The stripe can be orange. There is color on the sides of the body that shows when the frog jumps. Scientists call this flash colors. Another stripe goes over each shoulder. This stripe is bronze-white in color. There is a dark brown stripe on each leg. The legs are orange in color. Human beings can see through its skin to the orange muscle underneath. There is a dark brown spot behind each side of the mouth. The belly is white or gray in color.[3]
Home
changeThis frog lives in rainforests. It lives near streams. People have seen this frog between 100 and 250 meters above sea level. This frog moves around during the day and sleeps at night.[1]
Young
changeThe female frog lays eggs on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries the tadpoles to streams. People have seen male frogs with six tadpoles on their backs at the same time.[1]
Danger
changeScientists believe this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in a small place and because people change that place in ways that make it harder for the frog to live there. People cut down the forest where the frog lives to get wood to build with and make farms for plants that are against the law. People also dig good rocks out of the ground nearby.[1]
First paper
change- Grant T; Myers CW (2013). "Review of the frog genus Silverstoneia, with descriptions of five new species from the Colombian Choco (Dendrobatidae: Colosteninae)". Amer Mus Novitates. 2784: 1–58.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Silverstoneia dalyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T78586259A85891981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T78586259A85891981.en. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Silverstoneia dalyi Grant and Myers, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristen McCarty (May 31, 2018). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Silverstoneia dalyi Grant & Myers, 2013". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
