Allobates myersi (common name: Myers' poison frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae found in Amazonian Colombia, likely also in adjacent Brazil and northeastern Peru.[3] Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. It is terrestrial and diurnal, and lays its eggs in the leaf-litter. In the southern part of its range, it is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Allobates myersi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Aromobatidae |
Genus: | Allobates |
Species: | A. myersi
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Binomial name | |
Allobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981)
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Synonyms | |
Dendrobates myersi Pyburn, 1981 |
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Allobates myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55228A85885393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T55228A85885393.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 August 2014.