Allobates bacurau

Allobates bacurau
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Aromobatidae
Genus:	Allobates
Species:	A. bacurau
Binomial name
Allobates bacurau Lima, Simões, and Kaefer, 2014

Allobates bacurau is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2][3][1]

Description

The adult male frog measures about 14.0-14.7 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog about 14.7-14.9 mm. The skin of the ventral areas is light gray to white in color. Both male and female adult frogs have dark gray throats.[4]

Habitat

This diurnal, terrestrial frog has been found in small forest fragments. Although it has been observed near farms, scientists do not know its tolerance to habitat disturbance.[1]

Scientists have not observed the frog inside any protected parks but it has been found near Parque Nacional do Juruena.[1]

Reproduction

Scientists do not know much about this frog's reproductive cycle. They infer that, like other frogs in Allobates, the female lays the eggs on land and, after hatching, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water for further development.[1]

Threats

The IUCN classifies this frog as data deficient with respect to risk of extinction.[1]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2022). "Allobates bacurau". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T91949971A91949974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T91949971A91949974.en. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
2. Frost, Darrel R. "Allobates bacurau Lima, Simões, and Kaefer, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
3. "Allobates bacurau Lima, Simões, & Kaefer, 2015". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
4. Simoes PI (2016). "A new species of nurse-frog (Aromobatidae, Allobates) from the Madeira River basin with a small geographic range". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4083: 501–525. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.3. PMID 27394243. Retrieved January 31, 2025.