Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Ingeri

Discovery	Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Washington, D.C., 288: 16.
Type locality	"Aserrío, near Río Pescado, Caquetá, Colombia".
Holotype	The holotype (USNM 146846) is located in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington USA.
Etymology
Classification	E. ingeri is a member of the Epipedobates pictus group.
Synonymy	English name: Niceforo's Poison Frog - Dendrobates ingeri Cochran and Goin, 1970 - Phyllobates ingeri--Silverstone, 1975, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Cty., 21: 11. - Dendrobates ingeri--Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978, Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Washington, D.C., 161: 332. - Epipedobates ingeri--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 303.
History
Physical description	Size: about 27mm
Distribution	Eastern slope of the eastern Andes, Caquetá, Colombia, below 200 m.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 23-26°C.
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