Emerald poison frog

Emerald poison frog
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Ameerega
Species:	A. smaragdinus
Binomial name
	Ameerega smaragdinus; (Silverstone, 1976)

The emerald poison frog (Ameerega smaragdinus;^[1] formerly Epipedobates smaragdinus) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[2]

References

^ Grant, T. et al., (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
^ Monteza, J.I., Jungfer, K.-H., Reynolds, R. & Angulo, A. 2004. Epipedobates smaragdinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.

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[1] Grant, T. et al., (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

[2] Monteza, J.I., Jungfer, K.-H., Reynolds, R. & Angulo, A. 2004. Epipedobates smaragdinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.

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