Ameerega

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

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| image = Ameerega trivittata 205253567 (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Ameerega trivittata

| taxon = Ameerega

| authority = Bauer, 1986

| diversity = See text

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Ameerega is a genus of poison dart frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. These frogs live around rocks that are nearby streams.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatidae/Colostethinae/Ameerega |title=Ameerega Bauer, 1986 |author =Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=12 March 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Dendrobatidae.shtml|title=Dendrobatidae |year=2015 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=12 March 2015}} They are found in central South America north to Panama. It contains many former species of the genus Epipedobates.{{cite journal |author =Grant, T. |author2 =Frost, D. R. |author3 =Caldwell, J. P. |author4 =Gagliardo, R. |author5 =Haddad, C. F. B. |author6 =Kok, P. J. R. |author7 =Means, D. B. |author8 =Noonan, B. P. |author9 =Schargel, W. E. |author10 =Wheeler, W. C. |name-list-style =amp |year=2006 |title=Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae) |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=299 |pages=1–262 |doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:PSODFA]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid =82263880 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5803/1/B299.pdf}}