Epipedobates | |
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Epipedobates tricolor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dendrobatidae |
Subfamily: | Colostethinae |
Genus: | Epipedobates Myers, 1987 |
Type species | |
Prostherapis tricolor Boulenger, 1899
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Diversity | |
7 species (see text) |
Epipedobates is a group of poison dart frogs. They live in northern South America (Colombia and Ecuador) west of the Andes Mountains and on the west sides of the mountains. People call them phantasmal poison frogs in English.[1]