The Frog Lady

Today’s species highlight is on the Ameerega macero, otherwise known as the Manu poison frog.  It is a gorgeous frog!

Photo taken by Erfil.  Photo is from the Wikimedia Commons and may be re-used per the Creative Commons license.  Please see the original photo here.

Found:

This frog can be found in southern Peru & Brazil.

Habitat:

These frogs can be found in the lowland tropical moist forest, more specifically the bamboo forests.  Eggs are laid on land and the adults carry the tadpoles to streams. 

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Threats:

The Ameerega macero is seen as least concern by the IUCN red list, although they are threatened by illegal export and habitat loss.

 

There is not a lot of information on this frog yet, but there will be more information as we learn more about them.

 

Learn more about them from the IUCN, Amphibiaweb & dendrobates.org.

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