Excidobates

genus of amphibians


Excidobates is a group of frogs. These frogs are poison dart frogs. They live in Peru and Ecuador in places where water goes into the Marañón River.[2] Scientists used to put these frogs in Dendrobates. The frogs in this group all have light, oval-shaped spots on the bottoms of their back legs.[3]

Excidobates
Excidobates mysteriosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Dendrobatidae
Genus:Excidobates
Twomey and Brown, 2008[1]
Type species
Dendrobates mysteriosus
Myers, 1982
Species

3 species (see text)

Species

These species are in the genus:[2][4]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Excidobates captivus (Myers, 1982)Santiago poison frogPeru and Ecuador
Excidobates condor Almendáriz, Ron, and Brito M., 2012Cóndor poison frogEcuador
Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982)Marañón poison frogPeru

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