Adelphobates quinquevittatus

Adelphobates quinquevittatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Adelphobates
Species: A. quinquevittatus
Binomial name
Adelphobates quinquevittatus
(Steindachner, 1864)
Synonyms

Dendrobates quinquevittatus Steindachner, 1864

Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Rio Madeira poison frog or more ambiguously, Amazonian poison frog) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family found in the Rio Madeira drainage in the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia. Most records of this species before 1990 refer to Ranitomeya ventrimaculata.[2] Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rodrigues, M.T. & Azevedo-Ramos, C. (2004). "Adelphobates quinquevittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Steindachner, 1864)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

External links

Data related to Adelphobates quinquevittatus at Wikispecies

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