Colostethus cevallosi

Colostethus cevallosi
Colostethus cevallosi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Colostethus
Species: C. cevallosi
Binomial name
Colostethus cevallosi
Rivero, 1991

Colostethus cevallosi, also known as Hyloxalus cevallosi,[1] is a species of poison dart frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is named after Don Gabriel Cavallos, a famous Ecuadorean writer.[2] This species of frog exists on the east side of the Andes and in Ecuador near the Pastaza Province as well as the Zamora-Chinchipe Province. Though it has been recorded in Peru, the records have yet to be confirmed.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.[4]

Colostethus cevallosi's is currently listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and its population is decreasing.[1] Members of the species live in less than five different areas worldwide in a total space less than 5000 square kilometers. It is threatened by habitat loss as the Amazonian foothills of the Andes are slowly disappearing due to agricultural development and logging. It is not known to live in any protected areas.[1]

It is characterized by slanting lateral, ventrolateral, and relatively incomplete dorsolateral stripes, a large tympanum, almost non-fringed free toes, and a broad abdomen.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Coloma et al. (2011-09-26). "Hyloxalus cevallosi". International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/55065/0. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
  2. ^ a b Rivero, Juan A. (1991). "New Ecuadorean Colostethus (Amphibia, Dendrobatidae) in the Collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution". Caribbean Journal of Science 27 (1). http://academic.uprm.edu/publications/cjs/VOL27/P001-022.PDF. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
  3. ^ Coloma, Luis A. (1995-09-13). "Ecuadorian frogs of the Genus Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)". University of Kansas Natural History Museum. pp. 24-25. http://www.archive.org/stream/ecuadorianfrogso00colo#page/n0/mode/1up. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
  4. ^ "Colostethus cevallosi". Mongabay. http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/animals/c/Colostethus_cevallosi.html. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
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