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San Vicente Rocket Frog
Hyloxalus pumilus
Hyloxalus pumilus is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to southern Ecuador where it is only known from its type locality in the Azuay Province. Its natural habitats are cloud forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation.
From the article Hyloxalus pumilus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The adult male frog measures about 16.8 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog is 12.4–18.1 mm long. There are two spots on the gular-pectoral area. The adult female frog has a white belly.
What it does
Scientists have not observed this frog's mode of reproduction, but they infer that the larvae swim in streams.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 65709.