Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Aromobatidae > Anomaloglossus > Anomaloglossus beebeiAnomaloglossus beebei (Beebe's Rocket Frog)Synonyms: Colostethus beebei; Hyloxalus beebei Anomaloglossus beebei (common names: Beebe's rocket frog, golden rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is endemic to Guyana and only found on the Kaieteur Plateau, in the eastern edge of the Pacaraima Mountains. Recently, it has also been found on Mount Ayanganna. This frog inhabits the tank of the giant bromeliad Brocchinia micrantha. Tadpoles live in small amounts of water trapped in the leaf axils. It is an opportunistic sit and wait predator whose diet includes small arthropods, mosquitos, and midges. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.69 EDGE Score: 1.9 |
Female Maturity [1] | 4 months 26 days | Male Maturity [1] | 4 months 26 days |  | Litter Size [1] | 4 | Litters / Year [1] | 3 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 5 years | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 0.736 inches (1.87 cm) |
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Land Use |
Guianan moist forests |
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Kaieteur National Park |
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1464632 |
Guyana |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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