Description

Colour. In preservative, body and tail light brown to brown, venter paler, digestive tract not visible; tail fins translucent; very conspicuous blood vessel irrigation of cream-colored belly visible dorsally, laterally and ventrally in tadpoles around Stages 31 and 32. Metamorphs. Dorsum light brown; dark brown stripes from snout to posterior region of the eyes; belly whitish (Lima et al. 2012). Natural history. Three to six pigmented eggs are deposited in the terra-firme forest floor in rolled or doubled fallen leaves (Juncá 1998). Tadpoles are endotrophic and complete development in the nest (Juncá 1998). Eggs and / or larvae of A. stepheni are prey to spiders, cockroaches, and the lizards Leposoma guianense and Chatogekko amazonicus (Juncá 1996).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Aromobatidae

Genus: Anomaloglossus

Species: Anomaloglossus stepheni (Martins, 1989)