Allobates myersi

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.[2] 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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. myersi
Binomial name
Allobates myersi
(Pyburn, 1981)
Synonyms

Dendrobates myersi Pyburn, 1981
Epipedobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981)
Ameerega myersi (Pyburn, 1981)

References

  1. Acosta-Galvis, A. & Rueda, J.V. (2004). "Allobates myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55228A11275865. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55228A11275865.en.
  2. 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.


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