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Hyloxalus vergeli (Hellmich's Rocket Frog)

Synonyms: Colostethus vergeli; Phyllobates vergeli; Prostherapis vergeli

Wikipedia Abstract

Hyloxalus vergeli is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to Colombia and only known from the region of its type locality in the Cundinamarca Department, on the .Its natural habitats are cloud forests near streams. It tolerates some minor habitat disturbance.
View Wikipedia Record: Hyloxalus vergeli

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Hyloxalus vergeli

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.99
EDGE Score: 3.18
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.063 inches (2.7 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Magdalena Valley montane forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

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
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