Marañón poison frog

Species of amphibian

Marañón poison frog

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Dendrobatidae
Genus:  | Excidobates
Species:  |

E. mysteriosus

Binomial name
Excidobates mysteriosus

(Myers, 1982)

Distribution of the Maranon Poison Frog
Synonyms

Dendrobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982
Ranitomeya mysteriosus (Myers, 1982)

The Marañón poison frog (Excidobates mysteriosus; rana venenosa in Spanish) is a species of frog in the family of the poison dart frogs or Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Cordillera del Condor in the upper Marañón River drainage of the Cajamarca Department, Peru.[2] At the type locality its natural habitat is primary premontane forest. Breeding takes place in bromeliads. It is threatened by habitat loss. It may also be collected for international trade.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Excidobates mysteriosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55193A89201026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55193A89201026.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1383524
* Wikispecies: Excidobates mysteriosus
* ADW: Excidobates_mysteriosus
* AmphibiaWeb: 1639
* ARKive: excidobates-mysteriosus
* ASW: Excidobates-mysteriosus
* CoL: 6HLCW
* EoL: 314794
* GBIF: 2428992
* iNaturalist: 65457
* ITIS: 774028
* IUCN: 55193
* NCBI: 370606
* Species+: 9596

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