Spot-legged Poison Frog (Ameerega picta)

Spot-legged Poison Frog, a reference photo — Photo: Tim (iNaturalist user "twan3253") · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

The spot-legged poison frog (Ameerega picta; formerly Epipedobates picta) is a species of dendrobatid frog found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

Poisonous. The note covers its whole family. Poison dart frogs; skin alkaloids, harmless to touch in captivity but wild animals can be lethal Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Ameerega hahneli — poisonous
Allobates femoralis
Phyllobates lugubris — poisonous
Lithodytes lineatus
Allobates talamancae
Ameerega flavopicta — poisonous

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ameerega
Species: Ameerega picta

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