Leucostethus
Leucostethus is a genus of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae, in the subfamily Colostethinae.[1] The frogs are found in the western Amazon rainforest.[2]
| Leucostethus | |
|---|---|
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| Leucostethus fraterdanieli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Colostethinae |
| Genus: | Leucostethus Grant, Rada et al., 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Leucostethus argyrogaster Morales & Schulte, 1993 | |
The members of this genus are unique among the Colostethinae in that both males and females lack dark colouration on the ventral part of their bodies. The genus is named combining the Greek words leukos ('white') and stethos ('chest').[3]
There are six species in this genus.
- Leucostethus argyrogaster
- Leucostethus brachistriatus
- Leucostethus fraterdanieli (pictured)
- Leucostethus fugax
- Leucostethus jota
- Leucostethus ramirezi
References
- "ITIS Standard Report Page: Leucostethus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- "Leucostethus Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado, and Rueda-Almonacid, 2017 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- Grant, Taran; Rada, Marco; Anganoy-Criollo, Marvin; Batista, Abel; Dias, Pedro Henrique; Jeckel, Adriana Moriguchi; Machado, Denis Jacob; Rueda-Almonacid, José Vicente (September 2017). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Dart-Poison Frogs and Their Relatives Revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea)". South American Journal of Herpetology. 12 (s1): S43–S44. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00017.1. ISSN 1808-9798.
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