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| image = SDC11457 - Epipedobates anthonyi.JPG |
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| status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2013.1 |assessors=Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Stefan Lötters, Pablo Venegas |year=2010 |id=55213 |title=Epipedobates anthonyi |downloaded=2013-12-21 }}</ref> |
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| regnum = [[Animalia]] |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Amphibia]] |
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| ordo = [[Frog|Anura]] |
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| familia = [[Dendrobatidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Epipedobates]]'' |
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| species = '''''E. anthonyi''''' |
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| binomial = ''Epipedobates anthonyi'' |
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| binomial_authority = ([[Gladwyn Kingsley Noble|Noble]], 1921) |
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The '''Oro phantasmal poison dart frog''' (''Epipedobates anthonyi'') is a poison dart frog species in the [[Dendrobatidae]] family found in [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]. Its natural [[habitat]]s are subtropical or tropical dry [[forest]]s, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, [[river]]s, freshwater [[marsh]]es, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. |
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It is threatened by [[habitat loss]]. |
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==Description== |
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The Oro phantasmal poison dart frog has a snout-to-vent length of about {{convert|19|to|26|mm|1|abbr=on}}. The hind legs are short and robust. The dorsal surface is usually dark red or brown and there are several yellowish-white oblique stripes and a central longitudinal stripe.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?where-genus=Epipedobates&where-species=anthonyi |title=''Epipedobates anthonyi'' |author=Jeni Maxon |date=2008-12-09 |work=AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=2013-12-21}}</ref> |
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==Distribution and habitat== |
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The Oro phantasmal poison dart frog is known only from a number of locations in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru at heights of between {{convert|153|and|1769|m|0|abbr=on}} above sea level. Its natural habitat is the leaf litter on the floor of tropical dry forests, especially near streams.<ref name=iucn/> |
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==Biology== |
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The Oro phantasmal poison dart frog is diurnal and terrestrial. Males are territorial. A clutch of 15 to 40 eggs is laid on the ground among leaf litter and the male guards them till they hatch in about two weeks. He then carries them on his back to a suitable water body where the tadpoles develop to [[metamorphosis]] in about sixty days.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb/> |
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==Status== |
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The Oro phantasmal poison dart frog is listed as "[[Near Threatened]]" by the [[IUCN]]. Its population seems stable but it has a limited range, estimated to be less than {{convert|20000|km2}}, and its habitat is being degraded by pollution from agrochemicals. It is also collected for medicinal use.<ref name=iucn/> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Epipedobates]] |
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[[Category:Animals described in 1921]] |
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