Splendid poison frog | |
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Museum specimen (in life it was red) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dendrobatidae |
Genus: | Oophaga |
Species: | †O. speciosa
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Binomial name | |
†Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857)
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Synonyms | |
Dendrobates speciosus Schmidt, 1857 |
The splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) is an extinct species of poison dart frog that was endemic to the eastern end of Cordillera de Talamanca, western Panama.[2] Its natural habitats are humid lowland and montane forests.[1][3]