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Ranitomeya toraro Brown, Caldwell, Twomey, Melo-Sampaio, and Souza, 2011

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Dendrobatidae > Subfamily: Dendrobatinae > Genus: Ranitomeya

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Ranitomeya toraro Brown, Caldwell, Twomey, Melo-Sampaio, and Souza In Brown, Twomey, Amézquita, Souza, Caldwell, Lötters, Von May, Melo-Sampaio, Mejía-Vargas, Perez-Peña, Pepper, Poelman, Sanchez-Rodriguez, and Summers, 2011, Zootaxa, 3083: 42. Holotype: MPEG 13838, by original designation. Type locality: "Brazil, Amazonas state, municipality of Castanho, at km 12 on road to Autazes (ca. 40 km south of Manaus), 40 m elevation, 3° 30′ 52.24″ S, 59° 49′ 51.13" W″".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Southwestern Brazil in northern Rondonia and the southern half of Acre, and the southeastern tip of Colombia; almost surely in adjacent Peru.

Comment

In the Ranitomeya defleri species according to the original publication.

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