Allobates melanolaemus

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Allobates melanolaemus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. melanolaemus
Binomial name
Allobates melanolaemus
(Grant & Rodríguez, 2001)
Synonyms

Colostethus melanolaemusGrant & Rodríguez, 2001

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. [2] This little-known diurnal frog inhabits tropical moist lowland forest. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Allobates melanolaemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T55114A89199469. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55114A89199469.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates melanolaemus (Grant and Rodriguez, 2001)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 August 2014.