Paruwrobates whymperi

Tanti rocket frog
Holotype from Boulenger's original species description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Paruwrobates
Species:
P. whymperi
Binomial name
Paruwrobates whymperi
(Boulenger, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Protherapis Whymperi Boulenger, 1882[2]
  • Colostethus whymperi (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyloxalus whymperi (Boulenger, 1882)

Paruwrobates whymperi, sometimes known as the Tanti rocket frog, is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae.[1][3][4] It is endemic to west-central Ecuador and only known from Tanti (a farm, the type locality), near San Francisco de Las Pampas,[1][3][4] and from Mindo, Pichincha Province.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2023). "Paruwrobates whymperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T55167A98646734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55167A98646734.en. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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