Andinobates


Andinobates is a genus of poison dart frogs from Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. It contains species formerly classified in the genus Dendrobates and in 2006 transferred to the genus Ranitomeya. In 2011 Twomey, Brown, and their colleagues erected the genus Andinobates for a group of 12 species of Ranitomeya. Andinobates frogs can be distinguished from their sister taxon Ranitomeya anatomically in that their 2nd and 3rd vertebrae are fused. They show no limb reticulation, which is present in most species of Ranitomeya.

Distribution

Andinobates inhabits the rainforests of Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama, whereas Ranitomeya is only found in the Amazonian basin.

Species

Andinobates primarily contained 12 species formerly classified in the genus Ranitomeya. In 2013 Andinobates cassidyhornae, another species from the Andes of Colombia has been described. In 2014 another new species, Andinobates geminisae, was discovered in Panama. This brings the current total to 14 species:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Andinobates abditus Collins' poison frog.Ecuador
Andinobates altobueyensis Alto de Buey poison frog, golden poison-arrow frog, and golden poison frogChocó Department of western Colombia
Andinobates bombetes Cauca Poison FrogColombia.
Andinobates cassidyhornae Colombia
Andinobates claudiae Panama.
Andinobates daleswansoni Caldas, Colombia
Andinobates dorisswansonae Tolima, Colombia
Andinobates fulguritus yellow-bellied poison frog, yellow-bellied poison-arrow frog, or yellowbelly poison frognorthwestern Colombia and east-central Panama
Andinobates geminisae Panama
Andinobates minutus blue-bellied poison frog or bluebelly poison frogColombia and Panama
Andinobates opisthomelas Andean Poison FrogColombia
Andinobates tolimensis Tolima, Colombia
Andinobates viridis Green poison frogCordillera Occidental, Colombia
Andinobates virolinensis Santander poison frogColombia Santander and Cundinamarca departments