Allobates brunneus

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

Colostethus brunneus(Cope, 1887)

Allobates brunneus (common name: Chupada rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Débora Silvano, Enrique La Marca, Steffen Reichle (2004). "Allobates brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T55059A11233688. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55059A11233688.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.