| Allobates algorei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Aromobatidae |
| Genus: | Allobates |
| Species: | A. algorei |
| Binomial name | |
| Allobates algorei Barrio-Amorós and Santos, 2009 | |
Allobates algorei, the spotted nurse frog, is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Venezuela and Colombia. [2] [3] [1]
This diurnal, terrestrial frog lives in riparian primary forest habitats. It has shown some tolerance to habitat disturbance. Scientists have observed the frog between 400 and 1185 meters above sea level. [1]
The frog's range includes some protected parks in, for example Páramos de Batallón y La Negra National Park, Chorro El Índio National Park, and El Tamá National Park in Venezuela and Tamá National Natural Park in Colombia. However, an 150-hour survey of Tamá National Natural Park did not result in any reports of A. algorei frogs there. [1]
Male frogs hide in the dead leaves on the ground, under rocks, or in dense vegetation and call to the female frogs. Scientists infer that the female frog lays eggs on land and that, after the eggs hatch, the male frog carries the tadpoles to water, as in other species in this genus. [1]
Venezuela's Fauna Red List classifies this frog as least concern of extinction and the IUCN Red List classifies this frog as near threatened. Its principal threat is habitat loss in favor of small-scale agriculture. The frog faces pollution from agrochemicals and loss of stream habitat from irrigation. Scientists also detected the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on some of specimens, but they did not see any signs of the fatal disease chytridiomycosis. [1]
Aromobates, sometimes known as the skunk frogs, is a genus of frogs from the Andes of Venezuela and Colombia. Originally a monotypic genus consisting of the skunk frog, Aromobates nocturnus alone, it was later expanded to include Nephelobates. These frogs are difficult to differentiate from Allobates without using molecular markers.
Allobates zaparo, the sanguine poison frog or Zaparo's poison frog is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is native to Ecuador and Peru, where it lives in tropical rainforest habitat.
Allobates bromelicola is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Range in the Aragua state.
Allobates conspicuus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is native to western Brazil and eastern Peru.
Allobates fratisenescus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Ecuador where it is known from the upper reaches of Pastaza River drainage, on the eastern side of the Cordillera Oriental.
Allobates gasconi is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Acre and Amazonas states of Brazil and to the Yuyapichis River area in Peru.
Allobates insperatus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Amazonian slopes of eastern Ecuador; its range, however, extends to near the Colombian border and it may occur in that country too.
Allobates juanii is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Colombia where it is only known from its type locality, a botanical garden in the city of Villavicencio, on the lower slopes of the eastern side of the Cordillera Oriental.
Allobates mandelorum is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Cerro Turumiquire area in eastern Venezuela.
Allobates masniger is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Allobates melanolaemus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Peru where it is only known from near its type locality in the Loreto Province.
Allobates pittieri is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to northern Venezuela where it is known from the Venezuelan Coastal Range and northeastern part of the Cordillera de Mérida. Its type locality is in the Henri Pittier National Park.
The llanos rocket frog is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Allobates sanmartini is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.
Allobates trilineatus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in northern Bolivia and Peru east of the Cordillera Oriental and in western Brazil (Acre), possibly extending into Colombia. It has been confused with Allobates marchesianus.
Allobates undulatus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Venezuela where it is only known from its type locality, Cerro Yutajé, in the Amazonas state. The specific name undulatus refers to the characteristic wavy-edged dorsal marking of this species.
Allobates myersi is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae found in Amazonian Colombia, likely also in adjacent Brazil and northeastern Peru.
Allobates subfolionidificans is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the state Acre, Brazil.
Allobates caribe, the Caribbean nurse frog, is a frog in the family Aromobatidae. It lives in Estado Sucre, Venezuela.
Allobates niputidea is a frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
