Allobates grillicantus
| Allobates grillicantus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Aromobatidae |
| Genus: | Allobates |
| Species: | A. grillicantus
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| Binomial name | |
| Allobates grillicantus Moraes and Lima, 2021
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Allobates grillicantus is a frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]
Habitat
Scientists have reported this frog from exactly two places, but they infer it probably lives other parts of the Tapajós-Xingu interfluvial region.[1] This frog spends its time on the leaf litter in forests that do not flood. Scientists have not reported it from any open or human-opened habitats.[3]
Description
The adult male frog measures 15.2–16.8 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 16.5–17.7 mm. The skin of the dorsum is tan to red-brown in color. There is a dark brown ventrilateral stripe and a white dorsolateral stripe. The forelegs are tan-brown and the hind legs are gray-brown. The belly is yellow and the throat is light yellow.[3]
Etymology
Scientists named this frog grillicantus, which is Latin for "cricket song." The scientists named this frog for its cricket-like advertisement call.[3]
Reproduction
The female frog lays eggs in a gel nest near old or fresh fallen leaves. After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries the tadpoles to puddles or other water.[3]
The tadpoles' bodies are longer than they are wide. There is a pattern on the tail.[3]
References
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates grillicantus Moraes and Lima, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ "Allobates grillicantus Moraes & Lima, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Moraes, Leandro J.C.L.; Lima, Albertina P. (2021). "A new nurse frog (Allobates, Aromobatidae) with a cricket-like advertisement call from eastern Amazonia". Herpetologica (Full text). 77 (2): 146–163. doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-20-00010.1. Retrieved February 11, 2025.