Cainarachi poison frog

Cainarachi poison frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species: A. cainarachi
Binomial name
Ameerega cainarachi
Schulte, 1989
Synonyms

Epipedobates ardens Jungfer, 1989

The Cainarachi poison frog (Ameerega cainarachi;[1] formerly Epipedobates cainarachi) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2] It was named after the Valley of Rio Cainarache, where it was first discovered.

References

  1. ↑ Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae) (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1–262
  2. ↑ Monteza, J.I. & Jungfer, K.-H. 2004. Epipedobates cainarachi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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