Ameerega cainarachi

Ameerega cainarachi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species:
A. cainarachi
Binomial name
Ameerega cainarachi
(Schulte, 1989)
Synonyms[2]
  • Epipedobates cainarachi Schulte, 1989
  • Epipedobates ardens Jungfer, 1989
  • Ameerega cainarachi Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

The Cainarachi poison frog (Ameerega cainarachi) is a frog. It lives in Peru.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog is awake during the day and lives on the ground in forests. People see it near small streams in forest that has never been cut down and in forest that has been cut down and is growing back. Scientists saw the frog between 750 and 1500 meters above sea level.[1]

One of the places the frog lives are protected places: Cordillera Escalera Regional Conservation Area. Scientists have also seen it just outside Cordillera Azul National Park.[1]

Young

The tadpoles swim in streams where the water is slow.[1]

Danger

Scientists say this frog is in danger of dying out. The government of Peru says it is in some danger of dying out. Humans change the places where the frog lives. People cut down forests to make farms, for example coffee, palm oil, and rice farms. They also make places for animals to eat grass. People also catch this frog to sell as a pet.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cainarachi Poison Frog: Ameerega cainarachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55219A175790147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55219A175790147.en. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Ameerega cainarachi (Schulte, 1989)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  3. "Ameerega cainarachi (Schulte, 1989)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 27, 2024.