Cainarachi poison frog

Cainarachi poison frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Dendrobatidae
Genus:Ameerega
Species: A. cainarachi
Binomial name
Ameerega cainarachi
(Schulte, 1989)
Synonyms[2]

Epipedobates cainarachi Schulte, 1989[3]
Epipedobates ardens Jungfer, 1989[4]

The Cainarachi poison frog (Ameerega cainarachi) is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Amazonian Peru and found in the lowlands adjacent to the northern end of the Eastern Andes.[2] It was named after the Rio Cainarache Valley, where it was first discovered.[3]

Taxonomy

Ameerega cainarachi was described as Epipedobates cainarachi by Rainer Schulte in a publication that appeared in May 1989, and as Epipedobates ardens by Karl-Heinz Jungfer in a publication that appeared in July 1989.[5] The species was placed in Ameerega in the major revision of dendrobatids in 2006.[6]

Description

Males measure 25–26 mm (0.98–1.02 in) and females 28–31 mm (1.1–1.2 in) in snout–vent length. The back of this species is red.[3][4] The sides are black.[3]

Habitat and conservation

The species' natural habitats are lowland tropical moist forests and "rolling hills" at elevations to about 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture (e.g., coffee and livestock production) and subsistence wood collection.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Monteza, J.I.; Jungfer, K.-H. (2004). "Ameerega cainarachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55219A11271807. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Ameerega cainarachi (Schulte, 1989)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Schulte, R. (1989). "Nueva especie de rana venenosa del genero Epipedobates registrada en la Cordillera Oriental, Departamento de San Martin". Boletín de Lima. 11: 41–46.
  4. 1 2 Jungfer, K.-H. (1989). "Pfeilgiftfrösche der Gattung Epipedobates mit rot granuliertem Rücken aus dem Oriente von Ecuador und Peru". Salamandra. 25: 81–98.
  5. ↑ Duellman, William Edward (1993). Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections. Special Publication. 21. Natural History Museum, University of Kansas. p. 62. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.16179.
  6. ↑ Grant, Taran; Frost, Darrel R.; Caldwell, Janalee P.; Gagliardo, Ron; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Kok, Philippe J.R.; Means, D. Bruce; Noonan, Brice P.; Schargel, Walter E.; Wheeler, Ward 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. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:PSODFA]2.0.CO;2.
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