Allobates kingsburyi (common name: Kingsbury's rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, near the Reventador volcano and in the Pastaza River trench.[2][3][1]
| Allobates kingsburyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Aromobatidae |
| Genus: | Allobates |
| Species: | A. kingsburyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Allobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)
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| Synonyms | |
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Phyllobates kingsburyi Boulenger, 1918 | |
Description
editThe adult male frog measures 16.3–20.3 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 18.8–22.2 mm. The skin of the dorsum is coffee-brown in color with a cream-colored line down each side of the body. The flanks are black in color and the tympanum is brown. There is a cream-yellow line on each side of the body from the eye to the lip. The tops of the front legs are brown in color with small lines. The tops of the back legs are brown in color with darker marks. The male frog has dark marks on the belly and the female frog does not have these marks. The iris of the eye is black in color with gold flecks.[3]
Juvenile frogs have wider stripes than adults.[3]
Etymology
editG.A. Boulenger named this frog after an assistant who was killed in Palestine in 1918.[3]
Habitat
editThis frog has been observed on the leaf litter in primary and secondary forest from 1,140–1,300 m (3,740–4,270 ft) above sea level.[2][1]
The frog's known range includes protected parks: Parque Nacional Sangay, Parque Nacional Podocarpus, Parque Nacional Llanganates, and Parque Nacional Cayambe Coca.[1]
Reproduction
editScientists believe the female frog lays her eggs on the ground and that the male frogs carry the tadpoles to streams after the eggs hatch.[1]
Threats
editThe IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. What threat it faces comes from habitat loss associated with agriculture, livestock cultivation, and logging.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Kingsbury's Rocket Frog: Allobates kingsburyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55100A98645478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55100A98645478.en. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d Luis A. Coloma; Nadia Páez-Rosales; Caty Frenkel; Cristina Félix-Novoa; Alexandra Quiguango-Ubillús (December 18, 2017). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Allobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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