"Colostethus" ruthveni

"Colostethus" ruthveni
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	"Colostethus"
Species:	"C." ruthveni
Binomial name
"Colostethus" ruthveni Kaplan, 1997

"Colostethus" ruthveni is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Magdalena Department in northern Colombia. ^[2] The specific name ruthveni honors Alexander Grant Ruthven, an American herpetologist. ^[3] It is known from the lower slopes of the north-western portion of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and cloud forests where it occurs near streams, and is threatened by habitat loss. ^[1] Males of this species on average have a snout-vent length of 18.9–20.1 millimetres (0.74–0.79 in) whereas females average about 19.8–24.1 millimetres (0.78–0.95 in). ^[4]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Colostethus ruthveni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T55144A85891000. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55144A85891000.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Colostethus ruthveni Kaplan, 1997". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 186. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.
4. Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán Darío; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana Patricia; Portillo-Mozo, Adolfo del; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2014-07-20). "Range extension of dendrobatid frog Colostethus ruthveni Kaplan, 1997 (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia". Check List. 10 (3): 674–676. doi: 10.15560/10.3.674 . ISSN   1809-127X.