Epipedobates

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Colostethinae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species: E. anthonyi - E. boulengeri - E. espinosai - E. machalilla - E. narinensis - E. tricolor

Name

Epipedobates Myers, 1987

Type species: Prostherapis tricolor Boulenger, 1899

References

* Myers, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 302.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Epipedobates access date 24 May 2008

Note

Many species were removed from this genus by Frost et. al. in 2006.

Vernacular names
English: Phantasmal Poison Frogs

Epipedobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to northern South America. Recently, many of the species were placed in the revived genus, Ameerega.[1]

1^ Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (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