Sky-blue poison frog

Sky-blue Poison Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species: H. azureiventris
Binomial name
Hyloxalus azureiventris
(Kneller and Henle, 1985)
Synonyms

Phyllobates azureiventris Kneller and Henle, 1985
Dendrobates azureiventris (Kneller and Henle, 1985)
Epipedobates azureiventris (Kneller and Henle, 1985)
Cryptophyllobates azureiventris (Kneller and Henle, 1985)
Ameerega azureiventris (Kneller and Henle, 1985)

The sky-blue poison frog (Hyloxalus azureiventris) is a species of poison dart frog. It is endemic to Peru and known from the lower eastern versant of the Andes in the upper Amazon basin of the San Martín Region.[2]

Taxonomy

The species has been placed in numerous genera,[2] including the new genus Cryptophyllobates erected for it.[3] However, it is now placed in Hyloxalus; [2][3] although Hyloxalus azureiventris represents a distinct clade within Hyloxalus, recognizing it formally would render the rest of Hyloxalus paraphyletic.[3]

Description

Its main distinguishing feature is dorsolateral stripes that run down the back and end on the posterior.

References

  1. Javier Icochea, Ariadne Angulo, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Stefan Lötters, Wilfredo Arizabal, Jorge Luis Martinez (2004). "Hyloxalus azureiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hyloxalus azureiventris (Kneller and Henle, 1985)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 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.
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