Excidobates | |
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Excidobates mysteriosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dendrobatidae |
Subfamily: | Dendrobatinae |
Genus: | Excidobates Twomey and Brown, 2008[1] |
Type species | |
Dendrobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982 | |
Species | |
3 species (see text) |
Excidobates is a genus of poison dart frogs endemic to the Marañón River drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America.[2] At one time members of this genus were classified as Dendrobates. A characteristic of this genus is the presence of pale, ovoid spots on the under surface of the thighs.[3]
Species
The following species are included in the genus:[2][4]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Excidobates captivus (Myers, 1982) | Santiago poison frog | Peru and Ecuador | |
Excidobates condor Almendáriz, Ron, and Brito M., 2012 | Ecuador | ||
Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982) | Marañón poison frog | Peru | |
References
- ↑ Twomey, E.; Brown, J. L. (2008). "Spotted poison frogs: rediscovery of a lost species and a new genus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from northwestern Peru". Herpetologica. 64: 121–137. doi:10.1655/07-009.1. S2CID 55898618.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Excitobates Twomey and Brown, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ Excidobates Poison frogs, Dendrobates.org
- ↑ "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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