Allobates bromelicola

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Allobates bromelicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. bromelicola
Binomial name
Allobates bromelicola
(Test, 1956)
Synonyms

Colostethus bromelicola(Test, 1956)

Allobates bromelicola (common name: coastal rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Range in the Aragua state. [2] Its natural habitat is cloud forest, where it breeds inside bromeliads. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Allobates bromelicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T55058A3023081. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55058A3023081.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates bromelicola (Test, 1956)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 August 2014.