Biology:Excidobates
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Excidobates | |
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| Excidobates mysteriosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Excidobates captivus (Myers, 1982) | Santiago poison frog | Peru and Ecuador | |
| Excidobates condor Almendáriz, Ron, and Brito M., 2012 | Ecuador | ||
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Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982) | Marañón poison frog | Peru |
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Excitobates Twomey and Brown, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Dendrobatinae/Excidobates. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ Excidobates Poison frogs, Dendrobates.org
- ↑ "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Dendrobatidae.shtml. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q291457 entry
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