Anomaloglossus dewynteri

Anomaloglossus dewynteri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Anomaloglossus
Species:
A. meansi
Binomial name
Anomaloglossus meansi
Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Villette, Reizine, Gaucher, Jairam, Ouboter, and Kok, 2018

Anomaloglossus dewynteri is a frog. Scientists found it in French Guiana.[2][3][1]

Body

The adult male frog is 19.4-20.4 mm long from nose to rear end.[4]

Taxonomy

Scientists used to think this was the same species as A. degranvellei.[4]

Home

This frog lives in rocky streams. Scientists saw it on the Itoupé massif.[1]

Scientists saw the frog in one protected place: Parc Amazonien de Guyane.[1]

Young

The males sit near streams and call to the female frogs. After the eggs hatch, the male frogs carry the tadpoles to streams.[1]

Danger

Scientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out. They have not seen the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the frog, but because the disease chytridiomycosis has killed other amphibians in French Guiana, they think it could have killed many of these frogs too.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Aromobates dewynteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T125200559A125200619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T125200559A125200619.en. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Anomaloglossus dewynteri Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Villette, Reizine, Gaucher, Jairam, Ouboter, and Kok, 2018". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  3. "Anomaloglossus dewynteri Fouquet, Vacher, Courtois, Villette, Reizine, Gaucher, Jairam, Ouboter, and Kok, 2018". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Fouquet A; Vacher J-P; Courtois EA; Villette B; Reizine H; Gaucher P; Jairam R; Ouboter P; Kok PJR (2018). "On the brink of extinction: two new species of Anomaloglossus from French Guiana and amended definitions of Anomaloglossus degranvillei and A. surinamensis (Anura: Aromobatidae)". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4379 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4379.1.1. PMID 29689971.