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Adelphobates quinquevittatus

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Adelphobates quinquevittatus, the Rio Madeira poison frog, is a species of frog in the poison dart frog family Dendrobatidae. It lives in the Rio Madeira drainage of the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia. Many records made before 1990 were actually of a different frog, Ranitomeya ventrimaculata. Scientists have watched it on the leaf litter of tropical rainforests, and its known range includes protected parks such as Parque Estadual de Guajara-Mirim. The female lays her eggs on the leaf litter, and after they hatch the adults carry the tadpoles to water, for example in bromeliad plants or in the husks of Brazil nuts. The IUCN rates the frog as of least concern, though deforestation for agriculture, mining, fires and hydroelectric dams are the pressures it faces.

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Classification
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 1
Threats
Energy Production and Mining 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
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Source Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Wikipedia)Lead, Bolivia
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found in the Rio Madeira drainage in the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Wikipedia)Lead
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found in the Rio Madeira drainage in the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia
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1. Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Wikipedia)
  • Threats
    The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction.
  • Threats, agriculture
    deforestation in favor of agriculture, mining, fires, and hydroelectric dams
  • Threats, mining
    deforestation in favor of agriculture, mining, fires, and hydroelectric dams
  • Lead, Bolivia
    found in the Rio Madeira drainage in the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia
  • In Group: Poison Dart Frogs (Dendrobatidae), Lead
    is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat
    Scientists have observed this frog on the leaf litter in tropical rainforests.
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