Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Espinosai

Discovery	Funkhouser, 1956 (Phyllobates espinosai)
Type locality	"Hacienda espinosa, elevation about 1,000 ft., 9 km. west of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Province of Pichincha, northwestern Ecuador".
Holotype	The holotype is located under number: CAS-SU 10577 in the Stanford University collection.
Etymology
Classification	E. espinosai is a member of the Epipedobates femoralis group.
Synonymy	English name: Espinosa Poison Frog / Turqoise-bellied Poison Frog (CITES). - Phyllobates espinosai Funkhouser, 1956, Zoologica, New York, 41: 76. - Dendrobates espinosai--Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 161: 332. - Epipedobates espinosai--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 303.
History
Physical description	Size: 16-17.5mm
Distribution	Wet Chocoan region of the Andes in northwestern Ecuador.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 25-27°C.
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