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CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN POISONOUS
FROGS
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and Poison Activity |
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Epipedobates simulans
| Family:
Dendrobatidae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species: simulans
Common Names
Countries
Peru |
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Species
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Taxonomy and Biology
Adult length: 19mm
Description
Head dorsum and dorsal body surface is mainly blackish with bronze
brown highlighting mid-dorsally. Flanks are black with a yellow to yellowish
green flank stripe that extends from the snout ( continuous around the
snout ), passes above the eye and extends to the groin region A blue
or bluish green stripe extends from the lip margin to the base of the
arm. Arms are bronze brown with a suffusion of green and black. Legs
are bronze brown with suffusion of black and green and a bright yellow
patch at the base of the thigh above the groin. Head venter and throat
is blue with grey to black suffusion. Ventral body surface and the ventral
surface of arms and legs are marbled or reticulated with blue and black.
Habitat
Elevations between about 400 to 600 metres in lowland wet tropical
forest extending into lower montane forest.
Habits
Diurnal and terrestrial frog.
Prey
No information available
Poison Activity
Poison Type: No information available
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