Skunk Frog

Taxobox
name = Skunk frog
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
subordo = Neobatrachia
familia = Aromobatidae
genus = "Aromobates"
genus_authority = Myers, Paolillo O., and Daly, 1991
species = "A. nocturnus"
binomial = "Aromobates nocturnus"
binomial_authority = Myers, Paolillo O., and Daly, 1991The Skunk Frog ("Aromobates nocturnus"), is a species of critically endangered [ [http://www.learnanimals.com/skunk-frog/ Skunk Frog ] ] frog native to Estado Trujillo, Venezuela. The Skunk Frog is the only species of the genus "Aromobates". It is an extremely rare frog, and no sightings have been recorded since the original description in the early 1990s.

According to Grant "et al" (2006), Aromobates has been moved from the Dendrobatidae family (the Poison dart frogs) into a new, distinct family, Aromobatidae.

References

*cite web| title=Amphibian Species of the World - Aromobates Myers, Paolillo O., and Daly, 1991 | url=http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=2830| accessdate=2006-07-21
*cite web| title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Aromobates nocturnus| url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/55040/summ| accessdate=2006-07-21
* Grant, Taran; Frost, Darrel R.; Caldwell, Janalee P.; Gagliardo, Ron; Haddad, Celio F.B.; Kok, Philippe J.R.; Means, D. Bruce; Noonan, Brice P.; Schargel, Walter E. & Wheeler, Ward (2006): Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia, Athesphatanura, Dendrobatidae). "Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" 299: 1-262. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5803/1/B299.pdf PDF fulltext]