Epipedobates maculatus

Confusing Poison Frog

Peters, 1873

Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae

Description

Coloration: Pale spots (size of eye or smaller) dorsally and ventrally, possibly gold in color on a brown or dark red background.
Skin: ..
Size: S/V 18.9 mm - ? mm
Toes: 4>3>5>2>1 Webbing 2-3, 3-4.
Teeth: Premaxillary and maxillary teeth present.
Vocalization:Unknown.

Distribution

"Chiriqui" (May include Bocas del Toro or Chiriqui Provinces), Panamá. One known specimen.

Habitat & Ecology

Specific habitat and ecology unknown.

Reproduction

Unknown.

Conservation

Status: Unknown May be extinct.

Other Comments

Description is from one specimen (

) found by Moritz Wagner in 1863. Redescribed by Myers (1982). Possibly mislabeled South American species.

References

Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp.
Martínez, V. 1984 Investigación preliminar de los anfibios (Salientia) de Quebrada de Arena y áreas adyacentes: listado anotado. Natura (Panamá) 4:30-33.
Myers, C.W. 1982 Spotted poison frogs: descriptions of three new Dendrobates from Western Amazonia and resurection of a lost species from "Chiriqui". Amer. Mus. Novitates. No. 2721, 23 pp.
Myers, C.W., & Daly, J.W. 1983 Dart-Poison Frogs. Sci. Amer. 248(2): 120-33.
Myers, C.W., & Daly, J.W. 1976 Preliminary evaluation of skin toxins and vocalizations in taxonomic and evolutionary studies of poison-dart frogs (Dendrobatidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. 157:173-262.
Myers, C.W., Daly, J.W. & Martínez, V. 1984 An arboreal poison frog (Dendrobates) from Western Panamá. Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 2752, pp. 1-20.
Savage, J.M. 1968 The dendrobatid frogs of Central America. Copeia 1968:745-76.
Savage, J.M. 1986 An Introduction to the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica. Soc. Stud. Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. No. 3, 207 pp.
Silverstone, P.A. 1975 A revision of the of the poison-arrow frogs of the genus Dendrobates. Wagler. Nat. His. Mus. Los Angeles Co., Sci. Bull. 21:1-55.
Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Walls, J.G.1994 Jewels of the Rainforest: Poison Frogs of the family Dendrobatidae. TFH Publications, 288 pp.