Golden rocket frog population survey in southern Guyana
Bromeliad counts at twelve sites, and a worrying absence at two of them.
Priya NauthForest Dispatch
Anomaloglossus meansi, a close relative from the same genus.
The golden rocket frog lives in bromeliads and almost nowhere else, which makes it straightforward to survey and unusually easy to lose.
At twelve sites in southern Guyana we counted occupied bromeliads along fixed transects. Eleven sites held populations. Two of those held fewer than five calling males.
The species is not currently considered threatened across its range, but localised declines of this kind are worth recording before they become difficult to explain.
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