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| Specimens with Sequences: | 8 | Public Species: | 2 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 4 | Public BINs: | 2 |
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| Species With Barcodes: | 2 | ||
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Adelphobates
Adelphobates is a genus of poison dart frogs. It is a sister group to the Dendrobates and Oophaga genera.[1] The proposed genus, Excitobates includes some of the members.[2]
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Etymology
Adelphobates is from the Ancient Greek, adelphos (brother or twin) and bates (walker or climber).[1] "Brothers" refers to Charles W. Myers and John W. Daly, two unrelated scientists directly involved with studies of the species.
General physical description
All members have conspicuous, vibrant coloration, and smooth skin.[1] Type species is Adelphobates castaneoticus (Caldwell and Myers, 1990).
Distribution
Geographic range for the genus is throughout Amazonia.[1]
Species
- Adelphobates captivus (Myers, 1982)
- Adelphobates castaneoticus (Caldwell and Myers, 1990)
- Adelphobates galactonotus (Steindachner, 1864)
- Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Steindachner, 1864)
Notes
- ^ a b c d Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae) (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1–262
- ^ http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1655%2F07-009.1
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