Biology:Bloody Bay poison frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Bloody Bay poison frog
Aromobatidae Mannophryne olmonae 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Mannophryne
Species:
M. olmonae
Binomial name
Mannophryne olmonae
(Hardy, 1983)

The Bloody Bay poison frog (Mannophryne olmonae) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae.

It is endemic to the island of Tobago in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and streams mainly in the northeastern mountainous half of the island. This classified "critically Endangered" species according to the IUCN Global Amphibian Assessment conducted a survey and that based on the population that surveyed out over 23 extralimital populations and has been found in a variety of forest that included degraded secondary forest and abandoned cacao plantations.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Mannophryne olmonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55249A157517419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55249A157517419.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55249/157517419. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  • Lehtinen, R. M., Calkins, T. L., Novick, A. M., & McQuigg, J. L. (2015, June 1). Reassessing the Conservation Status of an Island Endemic Frog. Retrieved October 14, 2019, from https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-herpetology/volume-50/issue-2/14-161/Reassessing-the-Conservation-Status-of-an-Island-Endemic-Frog/10.1670/14-161.full.

Wikidata ☰ Q2235184 entry