The pleasing poison frog (''Ameerega bassleri'') is a species of frog in the family

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endemic to Peru. The

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''bassleri'' honors

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, an American geologist and paleontologist.

Distribution and habitat

The species is found in lowland and montane tropical moist forests, in both pristine and slightly degraded habitat, in the Amazon drainage of Peru at elevations of 270–1,200 m.

Conservation

Although it can be extremely common in places, the pleasing poison frog is currently classified as

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by the

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due to ongoing habitat loss, mostly caused by farming and ranching.

References

Ameerega Amphibians of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Amphibians described in 1941 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dendrobatidae-stub