Silverstoneia

Silverstoneia

Silverstoneia
Silverstoneia flotator from Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Silverstoneia
Grant et al., 2006[1]
Type species
Silverstoneia nubicola
Dunn, 1924
Diversity
8 species (see text)

Silverstoneia is a group of frogs that live in southern Central America and northern South America, between Costa Rica and Colombia. They are one group of frogs that are called poison dart frogs in English.[2] Scientists named the group for frog expert Phillip A. Silverstone.[3]

Description

Silverstoneia are small frogs. The adult frogs are <22 mm (0.87 in) long from nose to rear end.[4] They have brown skin on their backs that helps them hide. They have a light-colored stripe on each side of their bodies and other stripes closer tot eh belly. The skin of the frogs' backs is rough near the rear end.[1]

Species

There are eight species of frog in Silverstoneia:[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grant, T.; Frost, D. R.; Caldwell, J. P.; Gagliardo, R.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Kok, P. J. R.; Means, D. B.; Noonan, B. P.; Schargel, W. E. & Wheeler, W. C. (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 299: 1–262. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:PSODFA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 82263880.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Silverstoneia Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip Arthur (1939-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ↑ Grant, T.; Myers, C. W. (2013). "Review of the frog genus Silverstoneia, with descriptions of five new species from the Colombian Chocó (Dendrobatidae: Colostethinae)". American Museum Novitates (3784): 1–58. doi:10.1206/3784.2. hdl:2246/6450. S2CID 84059309.
  5. ↑ "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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