Caribbean Nurse Frog vs plicate door snail

Allobates caribe compared with Macrogastra plicatula

Key Differences

• Caribbean Nurse Frog is Critically Endangered while plicate door snail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caribbean Nurse Frog	plicate door snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Aromobatidae	Clausiliidae
Genus	Allobates	Macrogastra
Species	Allobates caribe	Macrogastra plicatula

Evolutionary Relationship

Caribbean Nurse Frog and plicate door snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Caribbean Nurse Frog

CR — Critically Endangered

plicate door snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caribbean Nurse Frog	plicate door snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Caribbean Nurse Frog

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

plicate door snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine.

Caribbean Nurse Frog

The Caribbean Nurse Frog (Allobates caribe) is a species in the genus Allobates. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Ne