Anomaloglossus beebei

Appearance

The male A. Beebei has a snout-vent length maximum of 16.80 mm. In the case of this species, the females are more brightly coloured compared to the males. The females are a bright golden colour, whereas the males tend to be a dull tan with partial brown pigmentation located on their dorsal surface, flanks, and legs.

Range and habitat

The golden rocket frog is native and restricted to Guyana, that is in South America. Specifically, this frog is found only on the Kaieteur plateau in the Kaieteur National Park. The species is found at an elevation of around 450 metres.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

When the tadpoles are in the phytotelm, they will sometimes feed on fallen leaves and microorganisms. Tadpoles tend to obtain nutrients by grazing on algal mats and catching prey in the pools created in the bromeliad.

Breeding occurs year-round but is the highest from June to August. Males defend the phytotelm territory, that allows for the female mate to oviposit.

In crisis

This species is listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as it is found only in one location, that is the Kaieteur National Park, and within the park it occupies less than 20 square kilometres.

Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.

Anomaloglossus beebei is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Anomaloglossus beebei, Wikidata item Q769022. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.