Allobates_mcdiarmidi

<i>Allobates mcdiarmidi</i>

Allobates mcdiarmidi

Species of frog


Allobates mcdiarmidi (common name: McDiarmid's rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the eastern slopes of the Andes in the departments of La Paz and Cochabamba, Bolivia.[2] Its natural habitat is Yungas forest.

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Taxonomy

Allobates mcdiarmidi was first described in 1992 by Robert P. Reynolds and Mercedes S. Foster. Originally, it was known as Colostethus mcdiarmidi. Its specific epithet honored herpetologist Roy W. McDiarmid. [3]


References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Allobates mcdiarmidi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55113A154120366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55113A154120366.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates mcdiarmidi (Reynolds and Foster, 1992)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. Reynolds, Robert P.; Foster, Mercedes S. (1992). "Four New Species of Frogs and One New Species of Snake from the Chapare Region of Bolivia, with Notes on Other Species". Herpetological Monographs. 6: 83–104. doi:10.2307/1466963. JSTOR 1466963. Retrieved 10 February 2022.



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