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Bocage's rocket frog

Hyloxalus bocagei Jiménez de la Espada, 1870

LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads

The bocage's rocket frog (Hyloxalus bocagei) is a species in the family Dendrobatidae, order Anura. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the bocage's rocket frog

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 2.95 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
28 – 50src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bocage's rocket frog live?

Not recorded

What is the bocage's rocket frog?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Hyloxalus bocagei is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is found on the northeastern side of the Andes in Ecuador (Sucumbíos, Orellana, and Napo Provinces) and in Colombia (Cordillera Oriental in the Caquetá Department). The specific name bocagei honors José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, a Portuguese zoologist. Common name Bocage's rocket frog has been coined for this species.

From the Wikipedia article “Hyloxalus bocagei” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyloxalus_bocagei&oldid=1315114877), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bocage's rocket frog endangered?

The bocage's rocket frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the bocage's rocket frog classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyDendrobatidae
  6. genusHyloxalus
  7. SpeciesHyloxalus bocagei Jiménez de la Espada, 1870

Synonyms Colostethus bocagei

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Colostethus bocageiEnglish
  • pralesnička BocageovaCzech
  • Rana cohete de BocageSpanish
  • Древолаз БокажаRussian

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Relatives of the bocage's rocket frog

Other species in the same genus Hyloxalus.

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Common questions

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Is the bocage's rocket frog endangered?

The bocage's rocket frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the bocage's rocket frog?

The bocage's rocket frog (Hyloxalus bocagei) belongs to the family Dendrobatidae in the order Anura.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

  • AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
    Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5
  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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BibTeX
@misc{bocages_rocket_frog_2026,
  title = {Bocage's rocket frog (Hyloxalus bocagei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bocages-rocket-frog},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}