Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Aromobatidae > Aromobates > Aromobates serranus

Aromobates serranus (Pefaur's Rocket Frog)

Synonyms: Colostethus serranus; Nephelobates serranus

Wikipedia Abstract

Aromobates serranus (common name: Pefaur's rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela where it is only known from its type locality in the Libertador Municipality, Mérida.Its natural habitats are mountain streams in cloud forest. The male protects the eggs that are laid on land. After hatching, the male carries the tadpoles on his back to water where they develop further. Aromobates serranus is threatened by habitat loss and by predation on tadpoles by invasive trout.
View Wikipedia Record: Aromobates serranus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aromobates serranus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
50
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.92
EDGE Score: 4.01
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.126 inches (2.86 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Venezuelan Andes montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sierra Nevada National Park II 683113 Venezuela  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Sierra La Culata and Sierra Nevada National Parks and surrounding areas Venezuela

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0