Ameerega simulans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Colostethinae
Genus: Ameerega
Species: Ameerega simulans

Name

Ameerega simulans (Myers, Rodríguez & Icochea, 1998)

Type locality: "on ridge along Río Távara (trib. Río Tambopata) just below confluence of Río Candamo and Río Huacamayo, about 450 m elev. (13° 31´ S, 69° 41´ W), Depto. Puno, Peru. The type locality is in the Zona Reservada Tambopata-Candamo".

Holotype: MHNSM 16996.

Synonyms

• Epipedobates simulans Myers, Rodríguez & Icochea, 1998
• Ameerega simulans — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Myers, Rodriguez, and Icochea, 1998, Am. Mus. Novit., 3238: 2.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 130.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Ameerega simulans . Accessed on 23 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ameerega simulans  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 23 May 2008. (as Epipedobates simulans)

Vernacular names

English: Tambopata Poison Frog