Pleasing poison frog
| Ameerega bassleri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Colostethinae |
| Genus: | Ameerega |
| Species: | A. bassleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ameerega bassleri (Melin, 1941) | |
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The pleasing poison frog (Ameerega bassleri) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family endemic to Peru.[3][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species is found in lowland and montane tropical moist forests, in both pristine and slightly degraded habitat, in the Amazon drainage of Peru at elevations of 270–1,200 m.[1]
Conservation
Although it can be extremely common in places, the pleasing poison frog is currently classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN due to ongoing habitat loss, mostly caused by coffee plantations.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Javier Icochea, Karl-Heinz Jungfer. (2010). "Ameerega bassleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T55214A11269813. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Ameerega bassleri (Melin, 1941)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ↑ Grant, Taran; Frost, Darrel R.; Caldwell, Janalee P.; Gagliardo, Ron; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Kok, Philippe J.R.; Means, D. Bruce; Noonan, Brice P.; Schargel, Walter E.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 299: 1–262. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:PSODFA]2.0.CO;2.
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