Chimantá Poison Frog vs Common cattle grub

Anomaloglossus rufulus compared with Hypoderma lineatum

Key Differences

• Chimantá Poison Frog is Near Threatened while Common cattle grub is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chimantá Poison Frog	Common cattle grub
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Arthropoda (членистоногие)
Class	Amphibia (земноводные)	Insecta (насекомые)
Order	Anura (бесхвостые земноводные)	Diptera (двукрылые)
Family	Aromobatidae	Oestridae
Genus	Anomaloglossus	Hypoderma
Species	Anomaloglossus rufulus	Hypoderma lineatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Chimantá Poison Frog and Common cattle grub share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (животные)

Conservation Status

Chimantá Poison Frog

NT — Near Threatened

Common cattle grub

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chimantá Poison Frog	Common cattle grub
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 cattle grub

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Japan, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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 cattle grub

<em>Hypoderma lineatum</em>, commonly known as the common cattle grub, is a parasitic fly species with documented occurrences in Japan, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. It typically inhabited terrestrial and freshwater environments, often associated with cattle and other large ungulates on which its larvae develop as subcutaneous parasites. The species is classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List, indicating that it is no longer known to exist in the wild. Common cattle grub belongs to the genus <em>Hypoderma</em> within the family Oestridae. Adult flies do not feed and are short-lived, while larvae burrow under the skin of host animals, causing a condition known as hypodermosis or warble fly infestation. The decline and extinction of this species has been linked to widespread and highly effective veterinary treatment programs targeting warble fly larvae in cattle, which drastically reduced host populations and ultimately eliminated the species. Biological traits such as average lifespan, body length, and mass of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.