Clifton's Anguloa vs Smooth-skinned ditch frog

Anguloa cliftonii compared with Leptodactylus validus

Key Differences

• Clifton's Anguloa is Critically Endangered while Smooth-skinned ditch frog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clifton's Anguloa	Smooth-skinned ditch frog
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Amphibia (สัตว์สะเทินน้ำสะเทินบก)
Order	Asparagales (อันดับหน่อไม้ฝรั่ง)	Anura (อันดับกบ)
Family	Orchidaceae	Leptodactylidae
Genus	Anguloa	Leptodactylus
Species	Anguloa cliftonii	Leptodactylus validus

Conservation Status

Clifton's Anguloa

CR — Critically Endangered

Smooth-skinned ditch frog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clifton's Anguloa	Smooth-skinned ditch frog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clifton's Anguloa

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Smooth-skinned ditch frog

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Venezuela.

Clifton's Anguloa

Clifton's Anguloa, Anguloa cliftonii, is a striking terrestrial orchid in the family Orchidaceae native to the cloud forests of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The genus Anguloa, known as cradle orchids or tulip orchids, is celebrated among orchid enthusiasts for its large, tulip-shaped, waxy flowers that rock gently when moved, simulating the movement of a bee—a presumed pollination adaptation. The flowers of Anguloa cliftonii are creamy white to pale yellow, often with pink or rose spotting, and are produced singly on erect peduncles arising from the base of large, pleated pseudobulbs. The plant is a cool-growing epiphyte or lithophyte found in humid montane forest at elevations between approximately 1,500 and 2,500 meters in the Andes. Anguloa species are pollinated by male euglossine bees attracted to fragrant compounds. The cloud forest habitats of the Andes are among the world's most biodiverse ecosystems and simultaneously among the most threatened, subject to deforestation for agriculture, cattle ranching, and coca cultivation. Many Andean orchid species are also threatened by over-collection for the horticultural trade. Anguloa cliftonii is cultivated in specialist collections and is the subject of conservation concern in its native range.