Anomaloglossus breweri

Anomaloglossus breweri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Aromobatidae
Genus:Anomaloglossus
Species: A. breweri
Binomial name
Anomaloglossus breweri
(Barrio-Amorós, 2006)[2]
Synonyms

Colostethus breweri Barrio-Amorós, 2006

Anomaloglossus breweri is a species of frogs in the Aromobatidae family. It is only know from its type locality, Aprada-tepui in the Bolívar state of southeastern Venezuela.[3] This species was discovered by scientists exploring the inaccessible and remote region of Aprada-tepui. The distinctive features of this species are its particular skin pattern, absence of fringes on fingers, moderate toe webbing, tongue characteristics and yellow and orange coloration on its undersides. It is a fast-moving frog that lives along creeks and in quiet pools along small streams along the slopes near the cave.[4] The frog is named for Charles Brewer-Carías who collected the frog.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cesar Barrio-Amorós (2008). "Anomaloglossus breweri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136051A4242379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136051A4242379.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Barrio-Amorós CL (January 17, 2006). "A new dendrobatid frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethus) from Aprada tepui, southern Venezuela" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1110: 59–68.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anomaloglossus breweri (Barrio-Amorós, 2006)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Bjorn Carey (February 21, 2006). "Explorers Discover Huge Cave and New Poison Frogs".


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