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Leucostethus

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Leucostethus
Leucostethus fraterdanieli
holotype specimen of Leucostethus siapida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Subfamily: Colostethinae
Genus: Leucostethus
Grant, Rada et al., 2017
Type species
Leucostethus argyrogaster
Morales & Schulte, 1993

Leucostethus is a genus of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae, in the subfamily Colostethinae.[1] The frogs are found in the western Amazon rainforest.[2]

The members of this genus are unique among the Colostethinae in that both males and females lack dark colouration on the ventral part of their bodies. The genus is named combining the Greek words leukos ('white') and stethos ('chest').[3]

The following species are recognised in the genus Leucostethus:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Leucostethus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. ^ a b "Leucostethus Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado, and Rueda-Almonacid, 2017 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  3. ^ Grant, Taran; Rada, Marco; Anganoy-Criollo, Marvin; Batista, Abel; Dias, Pedro Henrique; Jeckel, Adriana Moriguchi; Machado, Denis Jacob; Rueda-Almonacid, José Vicente (September 2017). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Dart-Poison Frogs and Their Relatives Revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea)". South American Journal of Herpetology. 12 (s1): S43–S44. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00017.1. ISSN 1808-9798. S2CID 90981264.