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Anchicaya Poison Dart Frog
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Anchicaya Poison Dart Frog

Oophaga anchicayensis

Oophaga anchicayensis is a species of poison frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It lives in western Colombia. It is one of three species that were separated from Oophaga histrionica in 2018.

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Description

Oophaga anchicayensis has yellow, orange, or greenish dorsal spots on a black background. The number of spots is highly variable. The poison frog is large, with an average snout–vent length of 40.2 millimetres (1.58 in).

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Range & habitat

The species is found in western Colombia in an area of less than 800 square kilometres (309 sq mi). It lives in the foothills of Farallones de Cali, the Andes, in altitudes between 360 metres (1,181 ft) and 790 metres (2,592 ft). Oophaga anchicayensis is terrestrial, and its habitat is tropical rainforest.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1176935.