Ameerega pulchripecta

Ameerega pulchripecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species: A. pulchripecta
Binomial name
Ameerega pulchripecta
(Silverstone, 1976)

Ameerega pulchripecta,[1] formerly Epipedobates pulchripecta, is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. Grant, T. et al., (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae) (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1–262
  2. Rodrigues, M.T. & Azevedo-Ramos, C. 2004. Epipedobates pulchripectus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.


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