Allobates myersi

Allobates myersi (common name: Myers' poison frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae found in Amazonian Colombia, likely also in adjacent Brazil and northeastern Peru.[3] Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. It is terrestrial and diurnal, and lays its eggs in the leaf-litter. In the southern part of its range, it is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Allobates myersi
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Allobates
Species:
A. myersi
Binomial name
Allobates myersi
(Pyburn, 1981)
Synonyms

Dendrobates myersi Pyburn, 1981
Epipedobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981)
Ameerega myersi (Pyburn, 1981)

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Allobates myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55228A85885393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T55228A85885393.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Allobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 August 2014.


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