Rainforest rocketfrog (Silverstoneia flotator) male with tadpoles
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Description:
It is a terrestrial, diurnal species generally found in the leaf-litter of humid lowland and montane forest; it may be found in secondary forest and plantations. Adults are often encountered along rocky sections of forest streams. Eggs are deposited in leaf-litter, the males transport hatching tadpoles to forest streams where they develop.
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- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
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- Anura (frogs and toads)
- Dendrobatidae (poison-dart frogs)
- Colostethinae
- Silverstoneia
- Dendrobatoidea
- Silverstoneia flotator (Rainforest Rocket Frog)
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