Aromobates serranus
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| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Aromobates serranus
| authority = (Péfaur, 1985)
| synonyms = Colostethus serranus Péfaur, 1985
Nephelobates serranus (Péfaur, 1985)
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Aromobates serranus (common name: Pefaur's rocket frog, sierra rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Venezuela where it is only known from its type locality in the Libertador Municipality, Mérida.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Aromobatidae/Aromobatinae/Aromobates/Aromobates-serranus |title=Aromobates serranus (Péfaur, 1985) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=16 August 2014}}{{BioRef|amphibiaweb
|title=Aromobates serranus (Péfaur, 1985)
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|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/1608
|access-date=March 20, 2025}}{{cite IUCN
|title=Sierra Rocket Frog: Aromobates serranus
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55260/198640746
|page=e.T55260A198640746
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T55260A198640746.en
|id=55260
|year=2022
|author1=La Marca, E.|amends=2020
|accessdate=March 20, 2025}}
Habitat
Its natural habitats are mountain streams in cloud forest. Scientists observed the frog between 1600 and 2300 meters above sea level.
Scientists believe the frog may live in one protected place: Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada.
Reproduction
The female frogs lay eggs on land. The males protect the eggs. After hatching, the males carry the tadpoles on their backs to water where they develop further.
Threats
The IUCN classifies this frog as critically endangered and possibly extinct, with no more than 50 mature individuals alive at any one time. Aromobates serranus is threatened by habitat loss in favor of agriculture and livestock cultivation and by predation by invasive trout. However, because the population has also declined in undisturbed areas, scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis may also have contributed to the decline.
References
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Category:Amphibians of Venezuela
Category:Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Amphibians described in 1985
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