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Excidobates captivus (Myers, 1982)

Santiago poison frog, Rio Santiago poison frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dendrobates captivus Myers, 1982; Adelphobates captivus (Myers, 1982)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1929

Rediscovered in 2006

IUCN RedList status: Least Concern

 

Distribution

Peru

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Myers, C. W. (1982). Spotted poison frogs: Descriptions of three new Dendrobates from western Amazonia, and resurrection of a lost species from "Chiriqui". American Museum Novitates [1982]: 1-23.

 

Other references:

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2013. Excidobates captivus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T55178A43528104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T55178A43528104.en. Downloaded on 19 May 2016.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

Twomey, Evan and Brown, Jason L. (2008). Spotted poison frogs: rediscovery of a lost species and a new genus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from northwestern Peru. Herpetologica 64(1): 121-137.

 

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