Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Dendrobatidae > Excidobates > Excidobates mysteriosusExcidobates mysteriosus (Marañón Poison Frog)Synonyms: Dendrobates mysteriosus; Ranitomeya mysteriosa 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. |
| Litter Size [1] | 13 | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.154 inches (2.93 cm) |
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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