Adelphobates quinquevittatus

Adelphobates quinquevittatus

Rio madeira poison frog, Amazonian poison frog

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Adelphobates quinquevittatus

Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Rio Madeira poison frog or more ambiguously, Amazonian poison frog) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae found in the Rio Madeira drainage in the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia. Most records of this species before 1990 refer to Ranitomeya ventrimaculata.Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Adelphobates quinquevittatus habitat map
Adelphobates quinquevittatus habitat map

References

1. Adelphobates quinquevittatus Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphobates_quinquevittatus
2. Adelphobates quinquevittatus on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55197/11257752

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