CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN POISONOUS FROGS

Epipedobates hahneli

Family: Dendrobatidae Genus: Epipedobates Species: hahneli Common Names   Countries Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana
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Taxonomy and Biology

Adult length: 17mm

Description

Head and body dorsum is black with pale green or greyish marbling. Flanks are black, bordered by a narrow white or cream dorsolateral line commencing on the tip of the snout, passing above the eye and extending to the groin. A white or cream labial stripe extends beneath the eye towards ( but not onto ) the arm. Limbs are brown, with or without black spots or marbling. Yellow-orange oval spots are present on the ventral surfaces of the arms, inner surfaces of the shanks, and in the groin. Head venter and throat is mainly black with pale blue spotting or marbling on the labial margin. Ventral surface of body and limbs is mainly pale blue with black marbling.

Habitat

Lowland rainforest

Habits

Diurnal and terrestrial frog.

Prey

Feeds on ants and other small insects

Poison Activity

Poison Type: No information available