The Oxapampa poison frog (''Ameerega planipaleae'';
formerly ''Epipedobates planipaleae'') is a species of
frog 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 ...
endemic to
Peru near
Oxapampa, in the
Pasco Region.
Its natural
habitat is montane tropical rainforest. It is a very rare species threatened by
habitat loss.
References
Ameerega
Amphibians of Peru
Endemic fauna of Peru
Amphibians described in 1998
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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