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Ameerega pulchripecta

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Ameerega pulchripecta
Amapá, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species:
A. pulchripecta
Binomial name
Ameerega pulchripecta
(Silverstone, 1976)

Ameerega pulchripecta,[2] formerly Epipedobates pulchripecta, is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

With tadpoles. Amapá, Brazil

References

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  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna. (2022). "Ameerega pulchripecta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T55233A184642005. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ 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