''Silverstoneia'' is a genus of
poison dart frogs
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(family Dendrobatidae) from southern
Central America
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and northern
South America
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, between southwestern
Costa Rica
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and southwestern
Colombia
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.
It is named in honour of Phillip A. Silverstone, an expert on dendrobatoid frogs.
Description
''Silverstoneia'' are small frogs, with adult size < in snout–vent length.
They have brown, cryptic colouration in the
dorsum. They have a pale oblique lateral stripe as well as pale ventrolateral stripe, but no pale dorsolateral stripe (except for some populations of ''
Silverstoneia flotator'' in Costa Rica). Dorsal skin texture is granular posteriorly.
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Species
There are eight species of ''Silverstoneia'':
References
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Poison dart frogs
Amphibians of Central America
Amphibians of South America
Amphibian genera