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Confusing poison frog

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Confusing poison frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species:
E. maculatus
Binomial name
Epipedobates maculatus
(Peters, 1873)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dendrobates trivittatus var. maculata Peters, 1873
  • Dendrobates maculatus Myers, 1982
  • Epipedobates maculatus Myers, 1987
  • Ameerega maculata Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

The confusing poison frog (Epipedobates maculatus) is a frog. It lives in Panama.[2][3][1]

Twenty-first-century scientists are not sure where other scientists first found this frog. They think it was in a forest. They think the tadpoles swim in water.[1]

Scientists do not know if this frog is alive or dead now. They think, if it is alive, people cutting down too many trees near its home may put it in danger.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Confusing Poison Frog: Epipedobates maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T55227A54345011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T55227A54345011.en. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Epipedobates maculatus (Peters, 1873)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  3. "Epipedobates maculatus (Peters, 1873)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 23, 2024.