Excidobates
Excidobates is a genus of poison dart frogs endemic to the Marañón River drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America. At one time members of this genus were classified as Dendrobates. A characteristic of this genus is the presence of pale, ovoid spots on the under surface of the thighs.
| Excidobates | |
|---|---|
| Excidobates mysteriosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrobatinae |
| Genus: | Excidobates Twomey and Brown, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Dendrobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982 | |
| Species | |
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3 species (see text) | |
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