Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Aromobatidae > Aromobates > Aromobates duranti

Aromobates duranti (Durant's Rocket Frog)

Synonyms: Colostethus duranti; Nephelobates duranti

Wikipedia Abstract

Aromobates duranti (common name: Durant's rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela where it is known from near La Culata in the Cordillera de Mérida.Its natural habitats are clear, fast-flowing streams in Andean cloud forests and sub-páramo shrubland. 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 duranti is threatened by habitat loss caused by livestock farming. The tadpoles are predated by invasive trout.
View Wikipedia Record: Aromobates duranti

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aromobates duranti

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

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.209 inches (3.07 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 de la Culata National Park II 495199 Venezuela  
Sierra Nevada National Park II 683113 Venezuela  
Sureste del Lago de Maracaibo Sto. Domingo-Motatán Protective Zone 1004884 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