Allobates brunneus

Allobates brunneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Subfamily: Allobatinae
Genus: Allobates
Species: A. brunneus
Binomial name
Allobates brunneus
(Cope, 1887)
Synonyms

Colostethus brunneus (Cope, 1887)

Allobates brunneus (common name: Chupada rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is found in the southern Amazon drainage in Brazil to Mato Grosso and Amazonas and into extreme northern Bolivia. It has been often confused with other species, including undescribed ones.[2] Its natural habitats are margins of lakes and pools of stagnant water in tropical rainforest and seasonally flooded forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Silvano, D.; La Marca, E. & Reichle, S. (2004). "Allobates brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates brunneus (Cope, 1887)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 August 2014.


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