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Excidobates mysteriosus (Marañón Poison Frog)

Synonyms: Dendrobates mysteriosus; Ranitomeya mysteriosa

Wikipedia Abstract

The Marañón poison frog (Excidobates mysteriosus; rana venenosa in Spanish) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to Cordillera del Condor in the upper Marañón River drainage of the Cajamarca Department, Peru. 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Excidobates mysteriosus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Excidobates mysteriosus

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  13
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.154 inches (2.93 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests Ecuador, Colombia, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0