Excidobates frog

by - February 08, 2020





Excidobates is a genus of poison dart frogs endemic to the Marañón River drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America. 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.

Species

The following species are included in the genus:

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
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Excitobates Twomey and Brown, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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