Wikiri poison frog (Ameerega bilinguis)

Cute Frog of the Week: July 23, 2012

The wikiri poison frog (Ameerega bilinguis) seems to have leapt straight out of a rainbow. The splashes of red, orange, yellow, green and blue on this frog give it a unique and beautiful appearance. The Wikiri poison-frog lives in the Terra Firme forests of Colombia and Ecuador. Specifically, its preferred habitat is leaf-litter near streams. When wikiri poison-frog tadpoles hatch, the father carries his young to small pools to grow up. This frog is listed as “least concern species” by the IUCN Red List, though the organization is currently gathering more information about its population trends. Habitat destruction of the Wikiri poison-frog is fairly common, and by 1996 almost 30 percent of the natural vegetation it lives in had been cleared.

Have you seen one? If so, send in your photo to the global amphibian bioblitz and claim the first observation!

Have you seen one? If so, send in your photo to the global amphibian bioblitz and claim the first observation!

Photo by Alejandro Arteaga via Flickr.

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