Allobates marchesianus

Allobates marchesianus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Aromobatidae
Subfamily:	Allobatinae
Genus:	Allobates
Species:	A. marchesianus
Binomial name
Allobates marchesianus (Melin, 1941)
Synonyms
Colostethus marchesianus (Melin, 1941)

Allobates marchesianus (common name: dull rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. However, this species might represent a cryptic species complex where at least the populations from Venezuela belong to an undescribed species.^[2][3] Its natural habitats are secondary and old growth tropical rainforests where it lives on the forest floor. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Eggs are laid in terrestrial nests guarded by the male. The male or the female transports the tadpoles to a pond or small stream.^[4]

References

1. Azevedo-Ramos, C.; La Marca, E. & Gascon, C. (2004). "Allobates marchesianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
2. Janalee P. Caldwell; Albertina P. Lima; Claudia Keller & C. Guyer (2002). "Redescription of Colostethus marchesianus (Melin, 1941) from its type locality". Copeia. 2002 (1): 157–165. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0157:ROCMMF]2.0.CO;2.
3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates marchesianus (Melin, 1941)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
4. Flora Acuña Juncá (1998). "Reproductive biology of Colostethus stepheni and Colostethus marchesianus (Dendrobatidae), with the description of a new anuran mating behavior". Herpetologica. 54 (3): 377–387. JSTOR 3893156.