Aromobates molinarii

The Las Playitas rocket frog (Aromobates molinarii) is a frog.  It lives in the Cascada de Bailadores and Las Playitas in Mérida, Venezuela.

Home
The adult frogs live in and near slow streams in evergreen forests in the Andes mountains. Scientists saw the frog between 1800 and 2600 meters above sea level.

Young
The female frogs lays eggs on land. The male frogs watch the eggs. After the eggs hatch, the male frogs carry the tadpoles to water.

Danger
Scientists say this frog is in very big danger of dying out. Human beings changed almost all the places where the frog lived to make farms and places for people to raise animals.  Scientists think the frog only lives in eight square kilometers.

References

Category:Frogs of South America
Category:Poison dart frogs