Excitobates captivus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Excitobates
Species: Excitobates captivus

Name

Excitobates captivus (Myers, 1982)

Type locality: "mouth of the Río Santiago, 580 feet (177 m.) elevation, Department of Amazonas, Peru. The Río Santiago flows into the Río Marañón at about 4° 26´ S, 77° 38´ W".

Holotype: AMNH 42963.

Synonyms

• Dendrobates captivus Myers, 1982
• Ranitomeya captiva — Bauer, 1988
• Adelphobates captivus Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006
• Excitobates captivus — Twomey & Brown, 2008

References

• Myers, 1982, Am. Mus. Novit., 2721: 14.
• Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 172.
• Twomey and Brown, 2008, Herpetologica, 64: 121–137.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Excitobates captivus
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Excitobates captivus  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 24 May 2008. (as Dendrobates captivus)

Vernacular names

English: Rio Santiago Poison Frog