Oxapampa poison frog

Oxapampa poison frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Subfamily: Colostethinae
Genus: Ameerega
Species: A. planipaleae
Binomial name
Ameerega planipaleae
(Morales and Velazco, 1998)
Synonyms

Epipedobates planipaleae Morales and Velazco, 1998

The Oxapampa poison frog (Ameerega planipaleae;[2] formerly Epipedobates planipaleae) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family endemic to Peru near Oxapampa, in the Pasco Region.[3] Its natural habitat is montane tropical rainforest. It is a very rare species threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Monteza, J.I.; Lehr, E.; Jungfer, K.-H. & Lötters, S. (2004). "Ameerega planipaleae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. 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. & 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.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ameerega planipaleae (Morales and Velazco, 1998)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


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