Anomaloglossus beebei
Anomaloglossus beebei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Aromobatidae |
Genus: | Anomaloglossus |
Species: | A. beebei
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Binomial name | |
Anomaloglossus beebei (Noble, 1923)
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Synonyms | |
Colostethus beebei (Noble, 1923) |
Anomaloglossus beebei (common names: Beebe's rocket frog, golden rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is endemic to Guyana and only found on the Kaieteur Plateau, in the eastern edge of the Pacaraima Mountains.[2] Recently, it has also been found on Mount Ayanganna.[3]
This frog inhabits the tank of the giant bromeliad Brocchinia micrantha.[1] Tadpoles live in small amounts of water trapped in the leaf axils.[4] It is an opportunistic sit and wait predator whose diet includes small arthropods, mosquitos, and midges.
Anomaloglossus beebei has been assessed as being a vulnerable species because its range is small (<20 km²) and its habitat is slowly being lost by expanding forests.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2013.2
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anomaloglossus beebei (Noble, 1923)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ MacCulloch, R. & A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions. 4: 1–36.
- ^ Kok, P.J.R., R.D. MacCulloch, P. Gaucher, G.R. Bourne, E.H. Poelman, A. Lathrop and G. Lenglet (2006). "A new species of Colostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from French Guiana with a redescription of Colostethus beebei (Noble, 1923) from its type locality". Phyllomedusa. 5: 43–66.
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