Lutz's poison frog
| Lutz's poison frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Ameerega |
| Species: | A. flavopicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ameerega flavopicta (A. Lutz, 1925) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epipedobates flavopictus | |
Lutz's poison frog (Ameerega flavopicta;[1] formerly Epipedobates flavopicta) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Azevedo-Ramos, C., Bastos, R., Eterovick, P.C. & Silvano, D. 2004. Epipedobates flavopictus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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