Excitobates mysteriosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Excitobates
Species: Excitobates mysteriosus

Name

Excitobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982

Type locality: "vicinity of Santa Rosa, 3000 feet (ca. 900 m.) elevation, upper Río Marañón drainage, Department of Cajamarca, Peru. The type locality lies in the hills northwest of the confluence of the Río Chinchipe with the Río Marañón, at about 5° 22´ S, 78° 41´ W".

Holotype: AMNH 55349.

Synonyms

• Dendrobates mysteriosus Myers, 1982
• Ranitomeya mysteriosa — Bauer, 1988
• "Dendrobates" mysteriosus — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006
• Excitobates mysteriosus — Twomey & Brown, 2008

References

• Myers, 1982, Am. Mus. Novit., 2721: 18.
• Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 174.
• Twomey and Brown, 2008, Herpetologica, 64: 121–137.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Excitobates mysteriosus
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Excitobates mysteriosus  (Endangered) Downloaded on 24 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Maranon Poison Frog