Manú poison frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| name = Manú poison frog

| image = ManuPoisonFrog.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2014 |title=Ameerega macero |volume=2014 |page=e.T55226A43517282 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T55226A43517282.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ameerega macero

| authority = (Rodríguez & Myers, 1993)

| synonyms = Epipedobates macero Rodríguez & Myers, 1993

}}

The Manú poison frog (Ameerega macero) is a frog species in the family Dendrobatidae{{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 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History

|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}} found in southern Peru{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatidae/Colostethinae/Ameerega/Ameerega-macero |title=Ameerega macero (Rodriguez and Myers, 1993) |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=7 July 2014}}{{BioRef|amphibiaweb

|title=Ameerega macero (Rodriguez and Myers, 1993)

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|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/1665

|access-date=November 30, 2024}} and Brazil.

Habitat

This frog can be found in the drainages of the Manú, Urubamba, Upper Purus and Ucayali Rivers. It can also be found in Serra do Divisor National Park and Alto Juruá Extractive Reserve. Its natural habitats are lowland tropical moist forests and montane forests, in particular bamboo forests, at elevations of 150–1,450 m.

Reproduction

The female frog lays eggs on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frog carries the tadpoles to slow-moving streams.

Threats

The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. It is locally threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture, and is illegally harvested for the pet trade.

File:Ameerega macero Peru 03.JPG

File:Ameerega macero Peru 02.JPG

References

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Category:Ameerega

Category:Frogs of Brazil

Category:Frogs of Peru

Category:Amphibians described in 1993

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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