Chimantá Poison Frog vs common horse fly

Anomaloglossus rufulus compared with Haematopota pluvialis

Key Differences

• Chimantá Poison Frog is Near Threatened while common horse fly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chimantá Poison Frog	common horse fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Aromobatidae	Tabanidae
Genus	Anomaloglossus	Haematopota
Species	Anomaloglossus rufulus	Haematopota pluvialis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chimantá Poison Frog and common horse fly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chimantá Poison Frog

NT — Near Threatened

common horse fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chimantá Poison Frog	common horse fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chimantá Poison Frog

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

common horse fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Chimantá Poison Frog

The Chimantá Poison Frog (Anomaloglossus rufulus) is a species in the genus Anomaloglossus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

common horse fly

<em>Haematopota pluvialis</em>, commonly known as the common horse fly, is a blood-feeding dipteran insect in the family Tabanidae. It is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The species is recorded from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, with a distribution centered in northwestern Europe, where it typically inhabits moist, vegetated areas near water bodies, woodland margins, and pastures. Female horse flies are well known as ectoparasites of large mammals, while males are primarily nectar feeders. Diet information beyond this general feeding ecology is not available in current species records. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.