Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Maculatus

Discovery	Peters, 1873, Monatsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1873: 617.
Type locality	"Chiriqui", Panama; at the time of the description "Chiriqui" included both Atlantic and Pacific versants of extreme western Panama, according to Myers, 1982
Holotype	Type(s): Not stated. ZMB 7815 in the University of Amsterdam, is considered to be the holotype by museum records (Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, Herpetol.Contrib. W. C. H. Peters: 41).
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	English name: Confusing Poison Frog - Dendrobates trivittatus var. maculata Peters, 1873, Monatsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1873: 617. - Dendrobates maculatus--Myers and Daly, 1982, American Museum Novitates, New York, 2721: 5. -- Epipedobates maculatus--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 303.
History
Physical description	Size: 19mm. Pale spots (size of eye or smaller) dorsally and ventrally, possibly gold in color on a brown or dark red background.
Distribution	Known only from the type locality, "Chiriqui" (possibly including Bocas del Toro of the Chiriqui Province), Panama.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 24-26°C.
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