Anomaloglossus praderioi

Appearance

Anomaloglossus praderioi are relatively small frogs, though medium-sized among Anomaloglossus: males measure 20–22 mm (0.79–0.87 in) in snout–vent length and a single female 23 mm (0.91 in). It has a robust body with shagreened to finely granular (more granular posteriorly) skin in the dorsum. Tadpoles are up to 27 mm (1.1 in) in length (Gosner stage 31) and dark brown to black in colour. They are of benthic feeder ecomorphological type.

Range and habitat

It is found in the Pantepui region of southeastern Venezuela and western Guyana. Its actual range is probably wider and might reach into northern Brazil.

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

Breeding

Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.

Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.

In crisis

In view that it is now known to have a wider distribution, it could now be classified as "Endangered".

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

Anomaloglossus praderioi 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 praderioi, Wikidata item Q2852268. 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.