Phyllobates bezosi Amézquita, Vargas-Salinas, Ramos, Palacios-Rodríguez, Salazar, Quiroz, Bolívar-García, Galindo-Uribe, and Mazariegos-H., 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Dendrobatoidea > Family: Dendrobatidae > Subfamily: Dendrobatinae > Genus: Phyllobates > Species: Phyllobates bezosi

Phyllobates bezosi Amézquita, Vargas-Salinas, Ramos, Palacios-Rodríguez, Salazar, Quiroz, Bolívar-García, Galindo-Uribe, and Mazariegos-H., 2024, ZooKeys, 1212: 233. Holotype: CPZ-UV 9191, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Valle del Cauca, municipality of Bolívar, valley of the Garrapatas river, 4.43°, -76.43°, 700 m elevation, riverine rainforest, amidst the leaf litter ". Zoobank Publicationi registration: D4A83CC4-BC64-463D-8F87-8F0639B4D950

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality on the Garrapatas River, Municipality of Bolívar, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

The sister taxon of Phyllobates terribilis+Phyllobates samperi, according to the original publication, where comparative larval and adult morphology, molecular markers, advertisement call, natural history, and distribution were detailed. 

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