Dendrobates truncatus (Cope, 1861)
Phyllobates truncatus Cope, 1861 "1860", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 372. Syntypes: ANSP 2251-52, according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 353. Type locality: "New Grenada" (= Colombia).
Hylaplesia trunctata — Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 49.
Dendrobates truncatus — Cope, 1867, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 197.
English Names
Yellow-striped Poison Frog (Walls, 1994, Jewels of the Rainforest: 24; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 50).
Yellow-striped Poison-arrow Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 50).
Distribution
Río Magdalena drainage from Chaparral north to the Caribbean coast, and in the lowlands around the northern ends of the central and western Andes, west to the Golfo de Urabá, Colombia, 530-800 m elevation.
Comment
See account by Silverstone, 1975, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 21: 49-50. Lötters, Jungfer, Henkel, and Schmidt, 2007, Poison Frogs: 559-560, provided an account.
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