Anomaloglossus tepuyensis

Anomaloglossus tepuyensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Anomaloglossus
Species:
A. tepuyensis
Binomial name
Anomaloglossus tepuyensis
(La Marca, 1997)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobates tepuyensis La Marca, 1997
  • Epipedobates tepuyensis Walls, 1994
  • Allobates tepuyensis Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006
  • Anomaloglossus tepuyensis Barrio-Amorós and Santos, 2011

Anomaloglossus tepuyensis is a frog. Scientists found it in Auyantepui, in southern Venezuela.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog leaves in streams in forests that grow on high flat lands. People have also seen it in cracks in the rock far from streams. Scientists saw the frog between 390 and 1850 meters above sea level.[2][1]

Scientists have seen this frog inside Canaima National Park.[1]

Young

The male frog sits near the stream and calls to the female frogs. The female frog lays eggs on land. The adult frogs carry the tadpoles to streams, where they swim and grow.[1]

Danger

Scientists do not know how much danger this frog is in. Climate change, fires, and diseases could hurt this frog. Climate change could make fires and times with less rain worse. Also, because this frog lives high in the mountains, climate change could hurt it even more: Scientists do not know if it can climb to colder places if its home becomes too hot.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Chimantá Poison Frog: Aromobates tepuyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55157A109533816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55157A109533816.en. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Anomaloglossus tepuyensis (La Marca, 1997)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. "Anomaloglossus tepuyensis (La Marca, 1997)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 5, 2025.