Nephelobates
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Nephelobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to South America. This genus is relatively new (1994), created from the former Colostethus alboguttatus group.
A recent review proposed that Nephelobates is paraphyletic and should be invalidated, meaning that the included species belong in different taxonomic groups.
[edit] Taxonomy
Nephelobates contains eight species which used to be classified in the Colostethus genus. These are:
- Nephelobates alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1903)
- Nephelobates duranti (Péfaur, 1985)
- Nephelobates haydeeae (Rivero, 1978)
- Nephelobates mayorgai (Rivero, 1980)
- Nephelobates meridensis (Dole and Durant, 1973)
- Nephelobates molinarii (La Marca, 1985)
- Nephelobates orostoma (Rivero, 1978)
- Nephelobates serranus (Péfaur, 1985)
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