Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Smaragdinus

Discovery	Silverstone, 1976, Science Bulletin. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 27: 44.
Type locality	"Pan de Azúcar, 39 km NNO Oxapampa, 10° 15' S, 75° 14' W, in the Iscozazin Valley (de Río Iscozazin is a tributary of the Río Palcazú, in the Pachitea drainage), Departamento de Pasco, Peru, 380 m".
Holotype	The holotype is located in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Section of Herpetology, Los Angeles, USA, known as: LACM64435.
Etymology
Classification	E. smaragdinus is a member of the E. pictus group.
Synonymy	English name: Emerald Poison Frog - Phyllobates smaragdinus Silverstone, 1976 - Dendrobates smaragdinus--Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 161: 332. - Epipedobates smaragdinus--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 303.
History
Physical description	Size: 26-27mm
Distribution	Peru, in the type locality.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 25-27°C.
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