angled clover vs Coastal Rocket Frog

Trifolium angulatum compared with Allobates bromelicola

Key Differences

  • angled clover is Not Evaluated while Coastal Rocket Frog is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank angled clover Coastal Rocket Frog
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Anura (Frogs & Toads)
Family Fabaceae Aromobatidae
Genus Trifolium Allobates
Species Trifolium angulatum Allobates bromelicola

Conservation Status

angled clover

NE — Not Evaluated

Coastal Rocket Frog

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute angled clover Coastal Rocket Frog
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

angled clover

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Czech Republic, France, Japan, and Latvia.

Coastal Rocket Frog

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

angled clover

The Angled clover (Trifolium angulatum) is a species in the genus Trifolium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Coastal Rocket Frog

Coastal rocket frog (Allobates bromelicola) is a small terrestrial frog in the family Allophrynidae (formerly placed in Dendrobatidae), endemic to coastal lowland forests of Venezuela. Despite its placement near poison dart frogs, Allobates species are non-toxic. This species inhabits the humid leaf litter and bromeliads of coastal Venezuelan forests, where adults care for egg clutches and transport tadpoles to small water bodies including bromeliad phytotelmata. The genus Allobates is widespread across Amazonian and coastal South American forests, characterised by vocal males, ground-level activity, and close parental care. Coastal rocket frog is assessed as Vulnerable by the IUCN, primarily due to restricted range, habitat loss from deforestation for agriculture, livestock grazing, and urban expansion along Venezuela's coast. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns affecting its bromeliad microhabitats. The species' specific association with bromeliads makes it particularly sensitive to vegetation structure loss. As with many narrowly endemic amphibians, ex-situ conservation programmes and improved habitat protection within its range are considered important management priorities.

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