Sanguine poison frog
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. zaparo
Binomial name
Allobates zaparo
(Silverstone, 1976)

The sanguine poison frog or Zaparo's poison frog (Allobates zaparo; in Spanish rana venenosa) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is native to Ecuador and Peru, where it lives in tropical rainforest habitat.[1]

The frog lays its eggs in forest leaf litter, then carries the young to water.[3]

This species was treated in genus Epipedobates until phylogenetic analysis justified its transfer to Allobates.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Allobates zaparo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55039A89198822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55039A89198822.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Allobates zaparo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55039A89198822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55039A89198822.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ Santos, J. C., Coloma, L. A., & Cannatella, D. C. (2003). Multiple, recurring origins of aposematism and diet specialization in poison frogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(22), 12792-97.


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