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Hyloxalus peruvianus (Melin, 1941)
Phyllobates peruvianus Melin, 1941, Göteborgs K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl., Ser. B, 1: 61. Holotype: NHMG 510, according to XXX. Type locality: "Roque, [Departamento San Martín,] Perú".
Colostethus peruvianus — Edwards, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 148.
Hyloxalus peruvianus — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 169.
English Names
Peru Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Lower Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Peru, 400-1500 m; possibly in adjacent Ecuador and Bolivia.
Comment
Morales, 1994, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 8: 100, provided an account. De la Riva, Köhler, Lötters, and Reichle, 2000, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 14: 57, and Köhler, 2000, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 48: 69, considered this species possibly to occur in Bolivia. Rivero and Almendáriz C., 1992 "1991", Politécnica, Quito, 16: 114, thought this species might extend into Ecuador.
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