Coastal Rocket Frog vs ソライロカザリドリ

Allobates bromelicola compared with Cotinga cayana

Key Differences

  • Coastal Rocket Frog is Vulnerable while ソライロカザリドリ is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Coastal Rocket Frog ソライロカザリドリ
Kingdom same Animalia (動物) Animalia (動物)
Phylum same Chordata (脊索動物) Chordata (脊索動物)
Class Amphibia (両生類) Aves (鳥類)
Order Anura (カエル) Passeriformes (スズメ目)
Family Aromobatidae Cotingidae
Genus Allobates Cotinga
Species Allobates bromelicola Cotinga cayana

Evolutionary Relationship

Coastal Rocket Frog and ソライロカザリドリ share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索動物)

Conservation Status

Coastal Rocket Frog

VU — Vulnerable

ソライロカザリドリ

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Coastal Rocket Frog ソライロカザリドリ
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

ソライロカザリドリ

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

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.

ソライロカザリドリ

スパングルドコティンガ(Cotinga cayana)はIUCNレッドリストで軽度懸念(LC)に分類されている。分布域全体にわたって広く分布し個体数が豊富で、個体数は安定しており直接的な保全上の懸念はない。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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