Phyllobates aurotaenia

(Boulenger, 1913)

Vernacular names
English : Kokoe poison frog
French : Dendrobate à bandes dorées

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

Identification
The species grows to 3.5 cm in length. Slightly granular skin on back, less so on limbs and belly. Body is black with two thick yellowish lines from forehead to lower back. Legs and lower belly are lightly spotted blue.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in South America and is endemic to the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, in Colombia. Lives in humid primary and secondary forests, from 60 to 520 meters.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species remains safe so far as its habitat is being afforded some kind of protection and it is targeted locally by conservation programs.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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