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Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982)

Marañón poison frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dendrobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1929

Rediscovered in 1982

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

Peru

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

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:

Javier Icochea, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Stefan Lötters, Wilfredo Arizabal, Jorge Luis Martinez. 2004. Excidobates mysteriosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55193A11256432. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55193A11256432.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2017.

Rodríguez, L.O., Cordova, J.H. and Icochea, J. 1993. Lista preliminar de los anfibios del Peru. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural U.N.M.S.M. 45: 1-22.

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)]

Schmidt, O. 1857. Diagnosen neuer Frösche des zoologischen Cabinets zu Krakau. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wein: 10-15.

Schmidt, O. 1858. Deliciae herpetologicae Musei Zoologici Cracoviensis. Denkschriften der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissensc: 237-258.

Schulte, R. 1990. Redescubrimiento y redefinición de Dendrobates mysteriosus (Myers 1982) de la Cordillera del Cóndor. Boletín de Lima: 57-68.

Schulte, R. 1999. Pfeilgiftfrosche. Arteneil Peru (species account). INBICO, Wailblingen, Germany.

 

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