Poison Frogs - Species - Dendrobates Mysteriosus

Discovery	Myers, 1982. American Museum Novitates, New York, 2721: 18.
Type locality	"vicinity of Santa Rosa, 3000 feet (ca. 900 m.) elevation, upper Río Marañón drainage, Department of Cajamarca, Peru. The type locality lies in the hills northwest of the confluence of the Río Chinchipe with the Río Marañón, at about 5° 22' S, 78° 41' W".
Holotype	The holotype can be found in the American Museum of Natural History under number: AMNH 55349.
Etymology
Classification	Placed in the Dendrobates captivus group by Caldwell and Myers.
Synonymy	English name: Maranon Poison Frog
History
Physical description	Size 27mm
Distribution	Known only from the two locations in Peru, the type locality and Cordillera del Condor.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 25-27°C.
Foto's	Both pictures were recieved from Thierry
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