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Colostethus thorntoni

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Colostethus thorntoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Colostethus
Species:
C. thorntoni
Binomial name
Colostethus thorntoni
(Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllobates thorntoni Cochran and Goin, 1970
  • Colostethus thorntoni Rivero and Serna, 1989

Thornton's rocket frog (Colostethus thorntoni) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.[2][3][1]

Scientists believe that this frog lives near streams and that the tadpoles swim in streams because that is what other frogs on Colostethus do. Scientists saw the frog between 1480 and 2500 meters above sea level.[3][1]

The place where scientists first saw the frog now has a city on it, so they think the frogs do not live there now.[1]

Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out. They think it is in danger because of human beings changing the places where it lives to make farms and towns.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Thornton's Rocket Frog: Colostethus thorntoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55158A49369064. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T55158A49369064.en. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Colostethus thorntoni (Cochran and Goin, 1970)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Colostethus thorntoni (Cochran & Goin, 1970)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 3, 2024.