Coastal Rocket Frog vs robust pillar snail

Allobates bromelicola compared with Cochlicopa nitens

Key Differences

• Coastal Rocket Frog is Vulnerable while robust pillar snail is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coastal Rocket Frog	robust pillar snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Mollusca (연체동물)
Class	Amphibia (양서류)	Gastropoda (복족강)
Order	Anura (개구리목)	Stylommatophora (병안목)
Family	Aromobatidae	Cochlicopidae
Genus	Allobates	Cochlicopa
Species	Allobates bromelicola	Cochlicopa nitens

Evolutionary Relationship

Coastal Rocket Frog and robust pillar snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (동물)

Conservation Status

Coastal Rocket Frog

VU — Vulnerable

robust pillar snail

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coastal Rocket Frog	robust pillar snail
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.

robust pillar snail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, France, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.