Epipedobates tricolor

(Boulenger, 1899)

Vernacular names
English : Tricolor poison-arrow frog
French : Dendrobate tricolore

Classification
Class : Amphibia
Order : Anura
Family : Dendrobatidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 2.3 cm, females slightly bigger than males. Coloration is brown to black or with black edges. Light greenish-yellow to bluish blotches and bands covering back and flanks. Forelegs well marked.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in South America, west of the Andes, only in western-central Ecuador, in the provinces of Bolivar and Cotopaxi. Lives in submontane forest remnants along rivers, from 600 to 1800 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : VULNERABLE
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species has a very small range and is known from only 10 locations. Number of breeding adults is very low and still decreasing.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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