Ameerega

Ameerega
Ameerega trivittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Subfamily: Colostethinae
Genus: Ameerega
Bauer, 1986
Diversity
32 species (see text)

Ameerega is a genus of poison dart frogs in the family Dendrobatidae.[1][2] They are found in central South America north to Panama.[1] It contains many former species of the genus Epipedobates.[3]

Species

There are 32 species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ameerega Bauer, 1986". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 1–262. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:PSODFA]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Vaz-Silva, W. & Maciel, N.M. (2011). "A new cryptic species of Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Brazilian Cerrado." Zootaxa 2826: 57-68.


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