Poison Frogs - Species - Epipedobates Petersi

Discovery	Silverstone, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Cty., 27: 37.
Type locality	"Santa Isabel (a village on the Río Nevati, a tributary of the Río Pichis, Pachitea drainage, 35 km SE Puerto Bermúdez, 80 km ENE Oxapampa...slightly upriver from the village...), Departamento de Pasco, Perú, 458 m".
Holotype	The holotype (USNM 166763) is located at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, USA.
Etymology
Classification	E. petersi is a member of the E. pictus group.
Synonymy	English name: Peru Poison Frog - Phyllobates petersi Silverstone, 1976 - Dendrobates petersi--Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 161: 332. - Epipedobates petersi--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia. Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 303.
History
Physical description	Size: 21-31mm
Distribution	Río Ucayali and Río Huallaga basins of eastern Peru, west to the eastern foothills of the Andes, 274-800 m.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 25-27°C.
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