''Hyloxalus chocoensis'', sometimes known as the Choco rocket frog, is a species of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...
in the family
Dendrobatidae
Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. These species are ...
. It is found in western
Colombia to east-central
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
(where it is the only member of this genus).
Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch.
Antioquia may also refer to:
* Antioquia Department, Colombia
* Antioquia State, Colombia (defunct)
* Antioquia District, Peru
* Antioquia Railway
The Antioquia Railway ( es, Ferrocarril de Antioquia) i ...
.Anomaloglossus confusus
''Anomaloglossus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Aromobatidae. The genus is endemic to the Guiana Shield in northern South America. It used to be placed in the family Dendrobatidae (together with other genera in the current Aromobatidae), and ...
'' from northwestern Ecuador were formerly confused with this species, but the identity of many other populations remains uncertain.[
]
Description
''Hyloxalus chocoensis'' measure up to in snout–vent length. Dorsum is gray in preservative. A light dorsolateral line extends from the eye along the upper side of the body to the rear, where it nearly meet the line from the other side. Thighs are lightly barred. The lip line is white.[
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Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitat
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s are lowland humid tropical forests. It is an extremely rare species threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...
. The Panamanian population is within the Chagres National Park
The Chagres National Park is a nature park and protected area created in 1986 located between the Province of Panama
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''pr ...
.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4681339
chocoensis
Amphibians of Colombia
Amphibians of Panama
Amphibians described in 1912
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot