Anomaloglossus beebei

Anomaloglossus beebei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Anomaloglossus
Species: A. beebei
Binomial name
Anomaloglossus beebei
(Noble, 1923)
Synonyms

Colostethus beebei (Noble, 1923)

Anomaloglossus beebei (common names: Beebe's rocket frog, golden rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is endemic to Guyana and only found on the Kaieteur Plateau, in the eastern edge of the Pacaraima Mountains.[2] Recently, it has also been found on Mount Ayanganna.[3]

This frog inhabits the tank of the giant bromeliad Brocchinia micrantha.[1] Tadpoles live in small amounts of water trapped in the leaf axils.[4] It is an opportunistic sit and wait predator whose diet includes small arthropods, mosquitos, and midges.

Anomaloglossus beebei has been assessed as being a vulnerable species because its range is small (<20 km²) and its habitat is slowly being lost by expanding forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Philippe Kok (2008). "Anomaloglossus beebei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anomaloglossus beebei (Noble, 1923)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. MacCulloch, R. & A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions 4: 1–36.
  4. Kok, P.J.R., R.D. MacCulloch, P. Gaucher, G.R. Bourne, E.H. Poelman, A. Lathrop and G. Lenglet (2006). "A new species of Colostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from French Guiana with a redescription of Colostethus beebei (Noble, 1923) from its type locality". Phyllomedusa 5: 43–66.


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