Leucostethus argyrogaster

The Imaza rocket frog (Leucostethus argyrogaster) is a frog.  It lives in Peru.

Body
The adult male frog is about 19.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 22.1 mm long. There are large disks on the toes of all four feet so that the frog can climb. The skin of the frog's back is light brown in color. The skin of the frog's sides is dark brown in color. There are silver stripes and white stripes on the sides of the body. The tops of the back legs are cream-white in color. There is orange color on other parts of the back legs. There is a white mark near the rear end.  The throat and chest are cream-white in color. The belly is silver in color. The iris of the eye is bronze in color. The male frog's male organs are white in color.

Home
This frog is awake during the day and lives on the ground. Scientists have seen it in forests in low places and on hills. They saw it in both forests that had never been cut down and in forests that had been cut down and are growing back. They saw it near streams. Scientists saw them between 400 and 1700 meters above sea level.

Some of the places this frog lives are protected, for example Santiago Comaina Reserved Zone and the Alto Mayo Protection Forest.

Young
The female frog lays eggs on the dead leaves on the ground.  After the eggs hatch, the female frog carries the tadpoles to streams.

Danger
Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. But people cut down the forests where it lives to make farms.

References

Category:Frogs of South America