Allobates wayuu

Allobates wayuu is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Serranía de Macuira in La Guajira Department, Colombia, and is only known from its type locality in the Macuira National Natural Park.[2][4]

Allobates wayuu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. wayuu
Binomial name
Allobates wayuu
(Acosta-Galvis, Cuentas, and Coloma, 1999)
Synonyms[2]

Colostethus wayuu Acosta-Galvis, Cuentas, and Coloma, 1999[3]

Etymology

The specific name wayuu refers to Wayuu people, an ethnic group from the extreme north of Colombia.[3]

Description

Males measure 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in) and females 16–20 mm (0.63–0.79 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is nearly ovoid in dorsal view and anteriorly inclined in lateral view. The tympanum is partly concealed. The canthus rostralis is acute but not prominent. The fingers and toes bear expanded discs; fingers are unwebbed whereas toes have some webbing. Skin is smooth. The body is brown while the limbs are creme; the hind limbs have brown bars. The sides are dark brown and have dorsolateral bands. The lips are cream. The belly is creamy with some brownish-gray spots.[3]

Habitat and conservation

It inhabits tropical forest with dry vegetation, including secondary forest, at elevations of 210–780 m (690–2,560 ft) above sea level. The eggs are deposited on the forest floor. The male carries the hatched tadpoles to streams and ponds where they complete their development.[1] The known population is within the Parque Nacional Natural Macuira.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Allobates wayuu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Allobates wayuu (Acosta-Galvis, Cuentas, and Coloma, 1999)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. Acosta-Galvis, A. R.; Cuentas, D. A.; Coloma, L. A. (1999). "Una nueva espece de Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) de la región del Caribe de Colombia". Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 3: 225–230.
  4. Acosta Galvis, A. R.; D. Cuentas (2017). "Allobates wayuu (Acosta, Cuentas & Coloma, 1999)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.07.2017.0. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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