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| Discovery | Rodríguez and Myers, 1993, American Museum Novitates. New York, 3068: 1 15 [2] |
| Type locality | "west side Río Manu across from Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Parque Nacional del Manu, about 380 m elev., Department of Madre de Dios, Peru". |
| Holotype | The holotype: MHNSM 0726 (before MHNJP 2001) is located in the Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. |
| Etymology | |
| Classification | Epipedobates macero is a member of the Epipedobates petersi group. |
| Synonymy | English name: Manu Poison Frog |
| History | |
| Physical description | Size: 24-30mm |
| Distribution | In the Epipedobates petersi group, and similar to Epipedobates cainarachi and Epipedobates petersi, according to the original description. See Myers, Rodriguez, and Icochea, 1998, Am. Mus. Novit., 3238: 1-20, for comments on identification and distribution. |
| Biotope | |
| Care and breeding | They can be kept at a temperature of 25-27°C. |
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