Aromobates saltuensis

Aromobates saltuensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Aromobates
Species:
A. saltuensis
Binomial name
Aromobates saltuensis
(Rivero, 1978)
Synonyms[2]
  • Colostethus saltuensis Rivero, 1980
  • Aromobates saltuensis Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

The salty rocket frog or forest rocket frog (Aromobates saltuensis) is a frog. It lives in Venezuela. Scientists think it could also live in Colombia.[2][3][1]

Home

This frog is awake during the day. The adult frogs live in grassy places with streams in them and in forests that have never been cut down and forests that are growing back. Scientists saw the frog between 482 and 1500 meters above sea level.[2][1]

Scientists have seen the frog in Parque Nacional El Tamá.[1]

Reproduction

The female frog lays eggs on land. The male frog watches the eggs. After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries the tadpoles to water.[1]

Danger

Scientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out. People change the places where the frogs live to make farms, to make other things that people need, get wood to build with, and raise animals. Bad chemicals in the water can also hurt this frog.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 La Marca, E. (2022) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Forest Rocket Frog: Aromobates saltuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T55146A198635169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T55146A198635169.en. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Aromobates leopardalis (Rivero, 1980)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  3. "Aromobates saltuensis (Rivero, 1980)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 10, 2025.