Cainarachi poison frog

Cainarachi poison frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species: A. cainarachi
Binomial name
Ameerega cainarachi
Schulte, 1989
Synonyms

Epipedobates ardens Jungfer, 1989

The Cainarachi poison frog (Ameerega cainarachi;[1] formerly Epipedobates cainarachi) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2] It was named after the Valley of Rio Cainarache, where it was first discovered.

References

  1. 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, 1262
  2. Monteza, J.I. & Jungfer, K.-H. 2004. Epipedobates cainarachi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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