Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Flavopictus

Discovery	A. Lutz, 1925, C. R. Séances Soc. Biol. Paris, 93: 139.
Type locality	"Bello Horizonte", Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Holotype
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	English name: Lutz's Poison Frog - Hylaplesia flavopicta A. Lutz, 1925, C. R. Séances Soc. Biol. Paris, 93: 139. Syntypes: not stated, by museum records AL-MNRJ 853-854 and USNM 96986; implied lectotype designation by B. Lutz, 1952, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, 50: 597. collection, this may be a lectotype designation. Type locality: "Bello Horizonte", Minas Gerais, Brazil. - Prostherapis flavopicta--XXXXX - Dendrobates pictus flavopictus--B. Lutz, 1952, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, 50: 597. - Dendrobates flavopictus--Cochran, 1955 "1954", Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Washington, D.C., 206: 8. - Phyllobates pictus (part)--Silverstone, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Cty., 27: 1-53 [38-41]. - Epipedobates flavopictus--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 303.
History
Physical description	Size 22-31mm
Distribution	Southeastern (Minas Gerais, Goiás, and Tocantíns), northern (Pará), and northeastern (Maranhão), Brazil.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 25-28°C.
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