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Marbled Poison Frog
Epipedobates boulengeri
The marbled poison frog or marbled poison-arrow frog (Epipedobates boulengeri) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae found in western Colombia (Cauca, Nariño, Valle del Cauca Departments, including Gorgona Island) and northwestern Ecuador, at elevations of 10–1,500 m (33–4,921 ft) asl. It likely represents a species complex of at least two species.
From the article Marbled poison frog on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Males measure 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) and females 17–21 mm (0.67–0.83 in) in snout–vent length. Colouration is variable; dorsum is dark reddish to uniform dark brown, sides are black. There is a pale yellowish or creamy white lateral line and cream-coloured dorsolateral line. Iris is dark coppery black.
Range & habitat
Its natural habitats are dense moist tropical rainforests as well as altered habitats like gardens and railway tunnels. The frog's known range includes many protected parks: Reserva Ecológica Cayapas-Mataje, Parque Nacional Mache Chindul, Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas, Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas, Parque Natural Isla Gorgona, Reserva Natural Biotopo, and Reserva Natural Indígena La Nutria.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and conservation”
What it does
Diet is varied and includes mites, ants, coleopterans, dipterans, homopterans, and colembolas.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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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 21165.