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Ameerega altamazonica Twomey and Brown, 2008

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dendrobatidae > Subfamily: Colostethinae > Genus: Ameerega

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Ameerega altamazonica Twomey and Brown, 2008, Zootaxa, 1757: 52. Holotype: MUSM 26937, by original designation. Type locality: Departamento San Martín, Perú, 3.5 km N of Tarapoto, Río Shilcayo drainage, 401 m elevation, 6° 27′ 44″ S, 76° 21′ 6″ W".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Throughout the east-Andean versant and surrounding lowlands of central Peru at elevations of 150-865 m

Comment

The sister taxon of Ameerega rubriventris according to the original publication. See comment under Ameerega hahneli.

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