Excidobates

Excidobates
Excidobates mysteriosus
Scientific classification
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
Diversity
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]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. Excidobates Poison frogs, Dendrobates.org
  4. "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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