Ameerega pepperi

Ameerega pepperi is a species of poison frogs found in central Peru. It has a red dorsum and is similar morphologically to A. bassleri, A. cainarachi and A. yoshina; but can be distinguished by its advertisement call.[1]

Ameerega pepperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species:
A. pepperi
Binomial name
Ameerega pepperi
Brown & Twomey, 2009

References

  1. Brown, Jason L., and Evan Twomey. "Complicated histories: three new species of poison frogs of the genus Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from north-central Peru." Zootaxa 2049 (2009): 1-38.

Further reading

  • Acioli, Ellen Cristina Serrão, and Selvino Neckel-Oliveira. "Reproductive biology of Ameerega trivittata (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in an area of terra firme forest in eastern Amazonia." Acta Amazonica 44.4 (2014): 473–480.


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