Poison Frogs - Species - Minyobates Abditus

Discovery	Myers and Daly, 1976, Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 59: 1.
Type locality	"lower montane rain forest at 1700 meters elevation, south-west of the Río Azuela bridge on the Quito--Lago Agrio road, eastern base of Volcán Reventador, Napo Province, Ecuador (latitude 0° 05' S, longitude 77° 37' W)".
Holotype	The holotype AMNH 89603 is located in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	English name: Collins' Poison Frog - Dendrobates abditus Myers and Daly, 1976 - Minyobates abditus--Myers, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 304.
History
Physical description	Size: 16-18mm
Distribution	Known only from the type locality.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 23-25°C.
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