Silverstoneia gutturalis
| Silverstoneia gutturalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Silverstoneia |
| Species: | S. gutturalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Silverstoneia gutturalis Grant and Myers, 2013
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Silverstoneia gutturalis is a frog. It lives in Colombia, in Chocó, near the Atrato River.[1][2][3]
Body
The adult male frog is 14.9 - 17.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 15.9 - 19.0 mm long. The skin of the frog's back can be different colors depending on where the frog lives. Frogs from Quebrada Docordó have brown backs and frogs from Playa de Oro have gray-brown skin. The sides of the frog's body are black in color with a stripe in it. The stripe can be orange. There is color on the sides of the body that shows when the frog jumps. Scientists call this flash colors. Another stripe goes over each shoulder. This stripe is bronze-white in color. There is a dark brown stripe on each leg. The legs are orange in color. Human beings can see through its skin to the orange muscle underneath. There is a dark brown spot behind each side of the mouth. The belly is white or gray in color.[2]
Home
This frog lives in forests that are not too high above sea level. People have seen this frog between 30 and 450 meters above sea level. People have only seen this frog during the day. Scientists think it looks for food during the day and sleeps at night.[3]
Young
Scientists think the female frog lays eggs on the dead leaves on the ground and, after the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water. They think this because it is what other frogs in Silverstoneia do. Scientists have not seen Silverstoneia gutturalis frogs laying eggs or carrying tadpoles.[3]
Danger
Scientists do not know whether this frog is in danger of dying out. The place where the frog lives is hard for scientists to visit. People cut down the forest where the frog lives to get wood to build with . People also dig good rocks out of the ground nearby and that puts bad chemicals in the water. Scientists do not know if people catch this frog to sell as a pet. That has happened to other frogs and amphibians in Chocó.[3]
First paper
- Grant T; Myers CW (2013). "Review of the frog genus Silverstoneia, with descriptions of five new species from the Colombian Choco (Dendrobatidae: Colosteninae)". Amer Mus Novitates. 2784: 1–58.
References
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Silverstoneia gutturalis Grant and Myers, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Silverstoneia gutturalis Grant & Myers, 2013". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Silverstoneia gutturalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T78586320A177154627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T78586320A177154627.en. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
