Confusing poison frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2015 |title=Ameerega maculata |volume=2015 |page=e.T55227A54345011 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T55227A54345011.en |access-date=15 September 2024}}

| taxon = Ameerega maculata

| authority = (Peters, 1873)

| synonyms = *Dendrobates trivittatus var. maculata Peters, 1873

• Dendrobates maculatus Myers, 1982
• Epipedobates maculatus (Peters, 1873)

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The confusing poison frog (Ameerega maculata) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae endemic to Panama. It is only known from its type locality, "Chiriqui" (which at the time of the description included both Atlantic and Pacific versants of western Panama).{{Cite web |last1=Frost |first1=Darrel R. |author1-link=Darrel Frost |year=2024 |title=Epipedobates maculatus (Peters, 1873) {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Colostethinae/Epipedobates/Epipedobates-maculatus |website=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |version=Version 6.2 |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915092221/https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Colostethinae/Epipedobates/Epipedobates-maculatus |archive-date=15 September 2024 |url-status=live}}

Its natural habitat is unknown but might be forest. It is threatened by habitat loss and may already be extinct given the level of deforestation within the region of collection.