Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Hahneli

Discovery	Boulenger, 1884 "1883", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883: 636. 27: 42.
Type locality	"Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, [Loreto,] northern Peru".
Holotype	Syntypes: BM (several specimens), BM 1947.2.15.17 are located in the British Museum, London, UK, designated lectotype by Silverstone, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Cty.
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	- Dendrobates hahneli Boulenger, 1884 "1883" - Dendrobates pictus hahneli--B. Lutz, 1952, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, 50: 601. - Epipedobates hahneli--Martins and Sazima, 1989, Ciência Hoje, 9(53): 34-38 [34]; Haddad and Martins, 1994, Herpetologica, 50: 282-295.
History
Physical description	Males 17-19 mm., females 19-22 mm. The back and limbs are finely granular, brown, with or without black spots. The flanks are black, bordered by a narrow white or cream dorsolateral line extending from the tip of the snout to the groin. A white or cream labial stripe does not extend onto the arm. The venter is blue with black reticulations. Yellow-orange oval spots are present on the ventral surfaces of the arms, inner surfaces of the shanks, and in the groin. The iris is dark brown.
Distribution	Amazonian lowlands of Brazil, eastern Bolivia, and possibly French Guiana.
Biotope	This species is mainly found on fallen palm trees and branches in small gaps in the forest.
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 25-27°C. The territorial call is a long series of short notes "peep-peep-peep-peep-peep"; the courtship call is similar, but consists of only three notes. females produce 6-33 pigmented eggs. While being transported from land to water, tadpoles are arranged symmetrically on the backs of males. The tadpoles are brown with a depressed body, long tail and mid-dorsal eyes oriented anterolaterally. The tail fins are shallow, highest at midlength; the dorsal fin does not extend onto the body.
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