| Discovery |
Dendrobates bassleri: Melin, 1941, Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitter-Hets Samhalles Handlingar, (6)1B(4): 65.
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| Type locality |
"Roque, [San Martín,] Peru [1097 m]".
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| Holotype |
The holotype: NHMG 511 is located in the Naturhistoriska Museet in Göteborg, Sweden.
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| Etymology |
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| Classification |
E. bassleri is a member of the Epipedobates trivittatus group.
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| Synonymy |
English name: Pleasing Poison Frog
- Phyllobates bassleri--Silverstone, 1975, Science Bulletin. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 21: 11.
- Dendrobates bassleri--Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 161: 332.
- Phobobates bassleri--Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988, Salamandra, 24: 125-160.
- Epipedobates bassleri--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de Săo Paulo, 36: 303.
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| History |
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| Physical description |
Epipedobates bassleri is a large frog of about 40 to 45mm
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| Distribution |
South-west of the town of Requena in Peru.
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| Biotope |
Amazon drainage of Peru, from the eastern foothills of the Andes east to the Río Huallaga, 274-1097 m elevation.
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| Care and breeding |
Epipedobates Bassleri needs relatively low temperatures (about 20°C), but high humidity. Epipedobates Bassleri hides its 40 or more eggs on the edge of water in bromeliads. The frogs have a clear hierarchy, what is seen for example in the fact that only one of the males will breed. E. Bassleri often uses the same resting place for a longer period. They feed on fruit flies, waxmoths and other insects.
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