Allobates brunneus

Allobates brunneus (common name: Chupada rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in the southern Amazon drainage in Brazil to Mato Grosso and Amazonas and into extreme northern Bolivia. It has been often confused with other species, including undescribed ones.[2] Its natural habitats are margins of lakes and pools of stagnant water in tropical rainforest and seasonally flooded forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Allobates brunneus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. brunneus
Binomial name
Allobates brunneus
(Cope, 1887)
Synonyms

Colostethus brunneus (Cope, 1887)

References

  1. Silvano, D.; La Marca, E.; Reichle, S. (2004). "Allobates brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55059A11233688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55059A11233688.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates brunneus (Cope, 1887)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 August 2014.


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