''Colostethus latinasus'' is a species of

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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 known from Cerro Pirre in

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, from

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in adjacent

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, and from Tierralta,

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, Colombia.

Description

Males measure up to and females to in snout–vent length. The dorsal surfaces are brown; there is a pair of lighter dorsolateral stripes that run from the head to the groin. The throat is white mottled with brown. The belly is mostly pale white but the mottling from the throat may extend onto in. The sides have a broad black stripe. The feet are almost totally without webbing. The

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s are brown and have some darker brown markings on the tail.

Habitat and conservation

In Panama, the species occurs in humid montane forests at elevations of

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. In Colombia it occurs in humid montane forests at elevations of about asl. It is a diurnal species often found along rocky sections of forest streams, but also further away from streams than other ''

Colostethus ''Colostethus'' is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America, from Panama south to Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Their common name is rocket frogs, but this name may refer to frogs in other genera and families, foll ...

'' species. It occurs in the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2984449 latinasus Amphibians of Colombia Amphibians of Panama Amphibians described in 1863 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Taxonomy articles created by Polbot