Oophaga arborea

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: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Oophaga
Species: Oophaga arborea

Name

Oophaga arborea (Myers, Daly & Martínez, 1984)

• Holotype: AMNH 116724, adult ♀, obtained by John W. Daly, Víctor Martínez and Charles W. Myers on 21 January 1983.
• Type locality: “in cloud forest at 1120 m. elevation on the continental divide above the upper Quebrada de Arena, at longitude 82°12′31″ W, on the border between the provinces of Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro, Panama”.

Combinations

• Dendrobates arboreus Myers, Daly & Martínez, 1984: 5 [original combination]
• Oophaga arborea — Bauer, 1994: 4 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Myers, C.W., Daly, J.W. & Martínez, V. 1984. An arboreal poison frog (Dendrobates) from western Panama. American Museum Novitates 2783: 1–20. hdl: 2246/5264 Reference page. 
• Bauer, 1994, Ripa, Netherlands, Fal: 4.

Primary references

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Oophaga arborea  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55173A54344195. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55173A54344195.en. Accessed on 06 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Polkadot Poison Frog