Engystomops coloradorum
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Engystomops |
| Species: | E. coloradorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Engystomops coloradorum (Cannatella and Duellman, 1984) | |
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The Colorado bully foam frog, Colorado dwarf frog, rana tsáchila, or sapito bullanguero Colorado (Engystomops coloradorum) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador.[2][3][1]
Body
The adult male frog is 18.0–24.1 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 22.3–25.7 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is dark brown in color. Some frogs have a yellow-brown line down the middle of the back. The front legs have dark brown marks. The belly is dark brown with cream-white marks. The iris of the eye is brown-gray or bronze in color with thin black lines.[3]
Name
Scientists named the frog after the people who have lived in Colorado for a long time near where the frog lives.[3]
Home
This frog lives in tropical forests. It can sometimes live in places with fewer trees, for example grassy places where animals eat grass that have trees around them. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 1,051 m (0 and 3,448 ft) above sea level. Scientists have seen the frog in protected places.[3][1]
Young
These frogs have young in pools of water that does not move. They put the eggs in nests made out of bubbles.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out. People have cut down many trees to make farms and towns and places for cows to eat grass. In some places, the ground falls away. Bad chemicals in the water might also hurt this frog.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. "Colorado Dwarf Frog: Engystomops coloradorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T57247A98654927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57247A98654927.en. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Engystomops coloradorum (Cannatella and Duellman, 1984)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Morley Read y Santiago Ron (July 13, 2015). Santiago Ron (ed.). "Engystomops coloradorum (Cannatella & Duellman, 1984)". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 5, 2026.