Allobates talamancae (common names: Talamanca rocket frog,[2] striped rocket frog,[3] Talamanca striped rocket frog[4]) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in northwestern Ecuador, western Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and southern Nicaragua.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Aromobatidae |
| Genus: | Allobates |
| Species: | A. talamancae
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| Binomial name | |
| Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)
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Dendrobates talamancae Cope, 1875 "1876" | |
Description edit
Allobates talamancae is a small, non-toxic frog, with males measuring 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in) in snout–vent length and females 16–25 mm (0.63–0.98 in).[4][3] The dorsum is smooth and dark brown in color. The flanks are black, bordered by tan or bronze line above and a white line below. The ventrum is white. The fingers and toes are unwebbed.[3]
Reproduction edit
Allobates talamancae lay the eggs in the leaf-litter, and both parents carry the tadpoles to streams where they complete their development in small, water-filled depressions.[1]
Habitat, ecology, and conservation edit
Allobates talamancae is found in a variety of habitats in very humid lowland and premontane habitats (secondary growth and plantations, swampy areas in primary forest, but not in open areas), usually close to streams.[1] It can be found up to 800 m (2,600 ft) (970 m (3,180 ft) in Colombia[5]) above sea level. Its diet consists of small arthropods. Adult frogs are found to aggregate, forming small groups, likely as an anti-predator adaptation.[4]
While it is a common species, its conservation is threatened by habitat loss, introduction of alien predatory fish, and pollution.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Allobates talamancae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55155A54344021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55155A54344021.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2023). "Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Allobates talamancae Cope, 1875". Amphibians of Panama. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Hopkins, G. & Lahanas, P. (2011). "Aggregation behaviour in a neotropical dendrobatid frog (Allobates talamancae) in western Panama". Behaviour. 148 (3): 359–372. doi:10.1163/000579511X559607.
- ^ Acosta Galvis, A. R. (2023). "Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V13.2023. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
