Andinobates is a genus of poison dart frogs from Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. It contains species formerly classified in the genus Dendrobates and in 2006 transferred to the genus Ranitomeya. In 2011 Twomey, Brown, and their colleagues erected the genus Andinobates for a group of 12 species of Ranitomeya. Andinobates frogs can be distinguished from their sister taxon Ranitomeya anatomically in that their 2nd and 3rd vertebrae are fused. They show no limb reticulation, which is present in most species of Ranitomeya.
Distribution Andinobates inhabits the rainforests of Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama, whereas Ranitomeya is only found in the Amazonian basin.
Species Andinobates primarily contained 12 species formerly classified in the genus Ranitomeya. In 2013 Andinobates cassidyhornae, another species from the Andes of Colombia has been described.Amézquita, A., et al. (2013). A new species of Andean poison frog, Andinobates (Anura: Dendrobatidae), from the northwestern Andes of Colombia. Zootaxa 3620 (1): 163-178. In 2014 another new species, Andinobates geminisae, was discovered in Panama.Batista, A., et al. (2014). A new species of Andinobates (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae) from west central Panama. Zootaxa 3866 (3): 333-352. This brings the current total to 16 species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Andinobates abditus (Myers and Daly, 1976) Collins' poison frog. Ecuador Andinobates altobueyensis (Silverstone, 1975) Alto de Buey poison frog, golden poison-arrow frog, and golden poison frog Chocó Department of western Colombia Andinobates bombetes (Myers and Daly, 1980) Cauca Poison FrogColombia. Andinobates cassidyhornae (Amézquita et al., 2013) Colombia Andinobates claudiae (Jungfer, Lötters, and Jörgens, 2000) Panama. Andinobates daleswansoni (Rueda-Almonacid, Rada, Sánchez-Pacheco, Velásquez-Álvarez, and Quevedo-Gil, 2006) Caldas, Colombia Andinobates dorisswansonae (Rueda-Almonacid, Rada, Sánchez-Pacheco, Velásquez-Álvarez, and Quevedo-Gil, 2006) Tolima, Colombia Andinobates fulguritus (Silverstone, 1975) yellow-bellied poison frog, yellow-bellied poison-arrow frog, or yellowbelly poison frog northwestern Colombia (Chocó Department and the westernmost Antioquia and Risaralda) and east-central Panama Andinobates geminisae (Batista et al., 2014) Panama Andinobates minutus (Shreve, 1935) blue-bellied poison frog or bluebelly poison frog Colombia and Panama Andinobates opisthomelas (Boulenger, 1899) Andean Poison Frog Colombia Andinobates tolimensis (Bernal-Bautista, Luna-Mora, Gallego, and Quevedo-Gil, 2007) Tolima, Colombia Andinobates viridis (Myers and Daly, 1976)Green poison frog Cordillera Occidental, Colombia Andinobates virolinensis (Ruiz-Carranza and Ramírez-Pinilla, 1992) Santander poison frog Colombia Santander and Cundinamarca departments
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