Ameerega munduruku
| Ameerega munduruku | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Ameerega |
| Species: | A. munduruku
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| Binomial name | |
| Ameerega munduruku Neves, Silva, Akieda, Cabrera, Koroiva, and Santana, 2017
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Ameerega munduruku is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]
Body
[change | change source]The adult male frog is 24.87 to 27.33 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 20.42 to 28.59 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is black with a white or yellow stripe from the nose over the eye to where the back legs meet the body. There is another white stripe from the mouth to the front leg. There is a bright orange spot near where the front legs meet the body and on part of the back leg. There is a bright orange stripe near where the back legs meet the body. The sides of the body are black. The skin of the frog's belly is white with black marks. The iris of the eye is gold in color. The female frogs do not have vocal slits. Other than that, female frogs and male frogs look the same.[3]
Home
[change | change source]This frog is awake during the day. People see it in rocky places in the Matto Grosso Seasonal Forest and Madeira-Tapajós Forest. People see it on dead leaves on the ground and dead wood near water. They see it in the forest and near where the forest meets other places. People have seen it about 200 meters above sea level.[3][1]
Young
[change | change source]The female frog lays eggs on the dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frog carries the tadpoles to water.[1]
Danger
[change | change source]Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms and make places for animals to eat grass. People also build dams for electricity, which could hurt this frog.[1]
First paper
[change | change source]- Neves MO; Da Silva LA; Akieda PS; Cabrera R; Koroiva R; Santana DJ (2017). "A new species of poison frog, genus Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae), from the southern Amazonian rain forest". Salamandra. 53: 485–493.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Ameerega munduruku". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T154018326A154018392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T154018326A154018392.en. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Ameerega munduruku Neves, Silva, Akieda, Cabrera, Koroiva, and Santana, 2017". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sarah Borenstein (May 29, 2020). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Ameerega munduruku Neves, Silva, Akieda, Cabrera, Koroiva, & Santana, 2017". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
