Back Hyloxalus subpunctatus Bulgarian Hyloxalus subpunctatus CEB Hyloxalus subpunctatus Spanish Hyloxalus subpunctatus Basque Hyloxalus subpunctatus French Chʼał kʼaasdáhí dinilzhinígíí NV Hyloxalus subpunctatus SIMPLE Hyloxalus subpunctatus Swedish Hyloxalus subpunctatus Vietnamese Hyloxalus subpunctatus WAR
| Cream-backed poison frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hyloxalus |
| Species: | H. subpunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloxalus subpunctatus (Cope, 1899)
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The cream-backed poison frog (Hyloxalus subpunctatus) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, high-altitude grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. The cream-backed poison frog is one of the less-toxic of the family. It has undergone several name changes since its discovery. Originally called Dendrobates subpunctatus, its name was changed to Colostethus subpuctatus once the family Dendrobatidae underwent a division of species and genera other than Dendrobates were coined. Recently, minor skeletal differences have separated the cream-backed poison frog from the rocket frogs, and placed it in another genus entirely, Hyloxalus.
- ^ Adolfo Amézquita (2004). "Hyloxalus subpunctatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T55152A11261657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55152A11261657.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.