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'''''Aromobates''''', sometimes known as the '''skunk frogs''', is a genus of frogs from the [[Andes]] of [[Venezuela]] and [[Colombia]]. Originally a [[monotypic]] genus consisting of the skunk frog, ''[[Aromobates nocturnus]]'' alone, it was later<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Grant, T. |author2=Frost, D. R. |author3=Caldwell, J. P. |author4=Gagliardo, R. |author5=Haddad, C. F. B. |author6=Kok, P. J. R. |author7=Means, D. B. |author8=Noonan, B. P. |author9=Schargel, W. E. |author10=Wheeler, W. |name-list-style=amp | year=2006| title=Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia, Athesphatanura, Dendrobatidae)| journal=[[Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History]]| volume=299| pages=1–262 | url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5803/1/B299.pdf| doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:psodfa]2.0.co;2|hdl=2246/5803 }}</ref> expanded to include ''Nephelobates''. These frogs are difficult to differentiate from ''[[Allobates]]'' without using molecular markers.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Aromobatidae/Aromobatinae/Aromobates |title=''Aromobates'' Myers, Paolillo-O., and Daly, 1991 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref>
'''''Aromobates''''', sometimes known as the '''skunk frogs''', is a genus of frogs from the [[Andes]] of [[Venezuela]] and [[Colombia]]. Originally a [[monotypic]] genus consisting of the skunk frog, ''[[Aromobates nocturnus]]'' alone, it was later<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Grant, T. |author2=Frost, D. R. |author3=Caldwell, J. P. |author4=Gagliardo, R. |author5=Haddad, C. F. B. |author6=Kok, P. J. R. |author7=Means, D. B. |author8=Noonan, B. P. |author9=Schargel, W. E. |author10=Wheeler, W. |name-list-style=amp | year=2006| title=Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia, Athesphatanura, Dendrobatidae)| journal=[[Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History]]| volume=299| pages=1–262 | url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5803/1/B299.pdf| doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:psodfa]2.0.co;2|hdl=2246/5803 }}</ref> expanded to include ''Nephelobates''. These frogs are difficult to differentiate from ''[[Allobates]]'' without using molecular markers.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Aromobatidae/Aromobatinae/Aromobates |title=''Aromobates'' Myers, Paolillo-O., and Daly, 1991 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

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Aromobates
Aromobates ornatissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Subfamily: Aromobatinae
Genus: Aromobates
Myers, Paolillo-O., and Daly, 1991
Type species
Aromobates nocturnus
Myers, Paolillo-O., and Daly, 1991
Diversity
18 species (see text)
Synonyms

Nephelobates La Marca, 1994

Aromobates, sometimes known as the skunk frogs, is a genus of frogs from the Andes of Venezuela and Colombia. Originally a monotypic genus consisting of the skunk frog, Aromobates nocturnus alone, it was later[1] expanded to include Nephelobates. These frogs are difficult to differentiate from Allobates without using molecular markers.[2]

Etymology

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The generic name derives from the Latin aroma, meaning "sweet odor".[3] The odor of the type species, Aromobates nocturnus, is reminiscent of a skunk.[4][5]

Description

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Aromobates are small to medium-sized frogs that have cryptic colouration. They have robust body form and basal to extensive toe webbing. For example, the relatively small Aromobates meridensis and Aromobates walterarpi are around 3 cm (1.2 in) in snout–vent length and have basal webbing only, whereas the relatively large Aromobates nocturnus (up to 62 mm (2.4 in) SVL in females) have webbed feet.[5]

Species

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There are 18 species,[2] many of them endangered:[6]

References

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  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. (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. hdl:2246/5803. S2CID 82263880.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Aromobates Myers, Paolillo-O., and Daly, 1991". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ "aroma". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper.
  4. ^ F. Harvey Pough; et al. (2004). Herpetology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. p. 92. ISBN 0-13-100849-8.
  5. ^ a b Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 487.
  6. ^ IUCN (2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Retrieved 15 August 2014.