| Excidobates | |
|---|---|
| |
| Excidobates mysteriosus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrobatinae |
| Genus: | Excidobates Twomey and Brown, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dendrobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982
| |
| Species | |
|
3 species (see text) | |
Excidobates is a genus of poison dart frogs endemic to the Marañón River drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America.[2] At one time members of this genus were classified as Dendrobates. A characteristic of this genus is the presence of pale, ovoid spots on the under surface of the thighs.[3]
- ^ Twomey, E.; Brown, J. L. (2008). "Spotted poison frogs: rediscovery of a lost species and a new genus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from northwestern Peru". Herpetologica. 64: 121–137. doi:10.1655/07-009.1. S2CID 55898618.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
frostwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Excidobates Poison frogs, Dendrobates.org