''Allobates wayuu'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in the family Aromobatidae. It is

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to the

Serranía de Macuira Serranía de Macuira is a mountain range in northern Colombia located in the municipalities of Colombia, municipality of Uribia, Guajira, Uribia, La Guajira. The Serrania de Macuira stands in the middle of the La Guajira Desert at isolated from ...

La Guajira Department La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the depart ...

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, and is only known from its type locality in the Macuira National Natural Park.

Etymology

The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

''wayuu'' refers to

Wayuu people The Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayú, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language is part of the Arawakan language family. Throughout their history, the ...

, an ethnic group from the extreme north of Colombia.

Description

Males measure and females in snout–vent length. The snout is nearly ovoid in dorsal view and anteriorly inclined in lateral view. The tympanum is partly concealed. The canthus rostralis is acute but not prominent. The fingers and toes bear expanded discs; fingers are unwebbed whereas toes have some webbing. Skin is smooth. The body is brown while the limbs are cream; the hind limbs have brown bars. The sides are dark brown and have dorsolateral bands. The lips are cream. The belly is creamy with some brownish-gray spots. The toes of all four feet are brown in color.

Reproduction

The eggs are deposited on the forest floor. The male carries the hatched

tadpole A tadpole or polliwog (also spelled pollywog) is the Larva, larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully Aquatic animal, aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial animal, ...

s to streams and ponds where they complete their development. The tadpoles' bodies appear oval in shape when viewed from the side. They are creamy in color with black spots everywhere except the belly.

Habitat and conservation

It inhabits tropical forest with dry vegetation, including

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, at elevations of

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. The known population is within the Parque Nacional Natural Macuira.

References

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wayuu The Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayú, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language is part of the Arawakan language family. Throughout their history, they ...

Amphibians of Colombia Endemic fauna of Colombia Amphibians described in 1999 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Luis Aurelio Coloma