Adorned Robber Frog vs American Flamingo

Craugastor decoratus compared with Phoenicopterus ruber

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adorned Robber Frog	American Flamingo
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)
Family	Craugastoridae	Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)
Genus	Craugastor	Phoenicopterus (Flamingos)
Species	Craugastor decoratus	Phoenicopterus ruber

Evolutionary Relationship

Adorned Robber Frog and American Flamingo share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Adorned Robber Frog

LC — Least Concern

American Flamingo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adorned Robber Frog	American Flamingo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adorned Robber Frog

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Range

Found in Mexico.

American Flamingo

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Adorned Robber Frog

The Adorned Robber Frog (Craugastor decoratus) is a species in the genus Craugastor. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands, found across Mexico.

American Flamingo

The most vibrantly colored flamingo species, American flamingos display brilliant scarlet-pink plumage from the carotenoid pigments in their crustacean diet. Found in Caribbean coastal lagoons, salt pans, and mangrove swamps from the Bahamas and Florida through Central America and the Galapagos. Highly gregarious, they nest in huge colonies on mudflat mounds. Their distinctive deep pink color is used to signal health and reproductive quality to potential mates.