The Cainarachi poison frog (''Ameerega cainarachi'') is a species of
frogs in the family
Dendrobatidae
Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the Family (biology), family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. T ...
. It is
endemic to Amazonian
Peru and found in the lowlands adjacent to the northern end of the
Eastern Andes.
[ It was named after the Rio Cainarache Valley, where it was first discovered.]
Taxonomy
''Ameerega cainarachi'' was described as ''Epipedobates cainarachi'' by in a publication that appeared in May 1989, and as ''Epipedobates ardens'' by in a publication that appeared in July 1989.
Description
Males measure and females in snout–vent length. The back of this species is red.
Habitat and conservation
The species' natural habitats are lowland tropical moist forests and "rolling hills" at elevations to about above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture (e.g., coffee and livestock production) and subsistence wood collection.
References
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Ameerega
Amphibians of Peru
Endemic fauna of Peru
Amphibians described in 1989
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot