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CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN POISONOUS
FROGS
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Epipedobates andinus
| Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species: andinus
Common Names
La Planada Poison-Arrow Frog , La Planada Poison Frog
Countries
Colombia |
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Species
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Taxonomy and Biology
Adult length: 19mm
Description
Head dorsum, dorsal surface body and flank colour is blackish brown
to black with a bright yellow dorsolateral stripe that commences on
the snout ( continuous around the snout ), passes over the eyes and
extend to the posterior body. Arms, legs fingers and toes are blackish
brown to black with bight green to bright blue speckling. At the base
of each arm is a large yellow flash marking and the underside of the
upper shank has a bright yellow spot or short stripe. Head venter and
throat is black. Ventral surface body colour is dark brown or blackish
brown mottled with yellow to bluish green.
Habitat
Dense, wet,montane rainforest at elevations between about 700 to 2200
metres
Habits
Diurnal and arboreal frog living in water-filled bromeliads in trees.
Prey
No information available
Poison Activity
Poison Type: No information available
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