Sky-blue poison frog
| Sky-blue Poison Frog | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hyloxalus |
| Species: |
H. azureiventris
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloxalus azureiventris (Kneller and Henle, 1985)
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| Synonyms | |
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Phyllobates azureiventris Kneller and Henle, 1985 |
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The sky-blue poison frog (Hyloxalus azureiventris) is a species of poison dart frog. It is endemic to Peru and known from the lower eastern versant of the Andes in the upper Amazon basin of the San Martín Region.[2]
Taxonomy
The species has been placed in numerous genera,[2] including the new genus Cryptophyllobates erected for it.[3] However, it is now placed in Hyloxalus; [2][3] although Hyloxalus azureiventris represents a distinct clade within Hyloxalus, recognizing it formally would render the rest of Hyloxalus paraphyletic.[3]
Description
Its main distinguishing feature is dorsolateral stripes that run down the back and end on the posterior.
References
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