Hyloxalus fuliginosus

Hyloxalus fuliginosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species:
H. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Hyloxalus fuliginosus
Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyloxalus fulginosus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
  • Hylixalus fuliginosus Boulenger, 1882
  • Prostherapis fuliginosus Dunn In Savage, 1968, Copeia, 1968
  • Colostethus fuliginosus Edwards, 1971

The Quijos rocket frog (Hyloxalus fuliginosus) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists think it could also live in Venezuela and Colombia.[2][3][1]

Body

The adult male frog is 23.6–24.3 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 27.8–32.5 long. The skin of the frog's back is dark green-brown in color. There is a line down each side of the body. The frog's belly is very dark in color with tiny white spots. The male frogs and female frogs have different colors on their bellies: the male frogs have gray chests and female frogs have cream-white chests with or gray spots. The male frog's male organs are white in color.[3]

Home

People see this frog in cloud forests. People see them during the day under rocks and logs. People have seen this frog between 572 and 1926 meters above sea level.[1][2]

One of the places this frog lives is a protected parks: Parque Nacional Cayambe Coca.[1]

Young

Scientists think this frog's tadpoles swim in streams.[1]

Danger

Scientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out because it lives in a small place. They think people cut down trees to build farms and make places for cows to eat grass. Bad chemicals in the water can kill this frog. Other animals that humans brought to the frog's home by mistake can also hurt this frog.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Sapito Ninera Ecuatorial: Hyloxalus fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55086A98644867. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55086A98644867.en. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloxalus fuliginosus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Luis A. Coloma; Diego A. Ortiz; Caty Frenkel (May 14, 2003). Luis A. Coloma (ed.). "Hyloxalus fuliginosus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 3, 2024.