"Colostethus" ruthveni is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Magdalena Department in northern Colombia.[2] The specific name ruthveni honors Alexander Grant Ruthven, an American herpetologist.[3] It is known from the lower slopes of the north-western portion of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and cloud forests where it occurs near streams, and is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Males of this species on average have a snout-vent length of 18.9–20.1 millimetres (0.74–0.79 in) whereas females average about 19.8–24.1 millimetres (0.78–0.95 in).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | "Colostethus" |
| Species: | "C." ruthveni
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| "Colostethus" ruthveni Kaplan, 1997
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References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Colostethus ruthveni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55144A85891000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55144A85891000.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Colostethus ruthveni Kaplan, 1997". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- ^ Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán Darío; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana Patricia; Portillo-Mozo, Adolfo del; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2014-07-20). "Range extension of dendrobatid frog Colostethus ruthveni Kaplan, 1997 (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia". Check List. 10 (3): 674–676. doi:10.15560/10.3.674. ISSN 1809-127X.
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