''Ameerega pongoensis'',Grant, T. et al., (2006).
Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)
' (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1–262 formerly ''Epipedobates pongoensis'', is a species of frog in the family

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that is endemic to the

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and

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s of Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by encroaching agriculture and is illegally harvested for the pet trade.

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