''Andinobates'' is a genus of poison dart frogs from Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. It contains species formerly classified in the genus ''

Dendrobates ''Dendrobates'' is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America. It once contained numerous species, but most originally placed in this genus have been split off into other genera such as ''Adelphobates'', '' Ameerega'', '' A ...

'' and in 2006 transferred to the genus ''

Ranitomeya ''Ranitomeya'' is a genus of dart poison frogs found in Panama and South America south to Peru and Brazil, possibly into Bolivia. Taxonomy In 2006 Grant ''et al.'' revised the systematics of poison dart frogs and placed many species formerly cla ...

''. In 2011 Twomey, Brown, and their colleagues erected the genus ''Andinobates'' for a group of 12 species of ''Ranitomeya''. ''Andinobates'' frogs can be distinguished from their sister taxon ''Ranitomeya'' anatomically in that their 2nd and 3rd vertebrae are fused. They show no limb reticulation, which is present in most species of ''Ranitomeya''.

Distribution

''Andinobates'' inhabits the rainforests of

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

, whereas ''Ranitomeya'' is only found in the Amazonian basin.

Species

''Andinobates'' primarily contained 12 species formerly classified in the genus Ranitomeya. In 2013 ''Andinobates cassidyhornae'', another species from the Andes of Colombia has been described.Amézquita, A., et al. (2013). A new species of Andean poison frog, Andinobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae), from the northwestern Andes of Colombia. ''Zootaxa'' 3620 (1): 163-178. In 2014 another new species, ''Andinobates geminisae'', was discovered in Panama.Batista, A., et al. (2014). A new species of ''Andinobates'' (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae) from west central Panama. ''Zootaxa'' 3866 (3): 333-352. This brings the current total to 16 species:

References

Poison dart frogs Amphibian genera Amphibians of Central America Amphibians of South America {{Dendrobatidae-stub