The sanguine poison frog or Zaparo's poison frog (''Allobates zaparo''; in Spanish ''rana venenosa'') is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

in the family

Aromobatidae The Aromobatidae are a family of frogs native to Central and South America. They are sometimes referred to as cryptic forest frogs or cryptic poison frogs. They are the sister taxon of the Dendrobatidae, the poison dart frogs, but are not as to ...

. It is native to

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: ' ...

and

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

, where it lives in tropical rainforest habitat. The frog lays its eggs in forest leaf litter, then carries the young to water. This species was treated in genus '' Epipedobates'' until phylogenetic analysis justified its transfer to ''

Allobates ''Allobates'' is a genus of frogs in the family Aromobatidae. They are native to the Central and South Americas, from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Brazil, with one species on Martinique. Description and ecology Species of the genus ''Allobates'' are ...

''.Santos, J. C., Coloma, L. A., & Cannatella, D. C. (2003)
Multiple, recurring origins of aposematism and diet specialization in poison frogs.
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' 100(22), 12792-97.

References

zaparo Amphibians of Ecuador Amphibians of Peru Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1976 {{Aromobatidae-stub