Leucostethus siapida
| Leucostethus siapida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Leucostethus |
| Species: | L. siapida |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucostethus siapida Grant and Bolívar-García, 2021 | |
Leucostethus siapida is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Gorgona Island, in Colombia.[1][2]
Scientists saw the frog on Gorgona Island, an island in the Pacific Ocean, 35 km southwest of mainland Colombia.[3]
This frog has a light-colored belly and orange pigmentation in the groin and axilla areas. It has white spots on the thighs.[3]
Scientists note that while the frog resembles L. argyrogaster and L. fugax, it is more closely related to L. bilsa, from Ecuador.[3]
The scientists who wrote the first formal description of the frog note that it is vulnerable to extinction per IUCN Red List criteria.[3]
References
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Leucostethus siapida (Rivero and Serna, 1986)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Leucostethus siapida (Rivero and Serna, 1986)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Grant T.; Bolívar-García W. (2021). "A new species of Leucostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Gorgona Island, Colombia". ZooKeys (Abstract) (1057): 185–208. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1057..185G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1057.67621. PMC 8417023. PMID 34552372.