Poison Frogs - Species - Minyobates Bombetes

Discovery	Myers and Daly, 1980, American Museum Novitates New York, 2692: 2.
Type locality	"mountains above south side of Lago de Calima, 1580-1600 meters elevation, about 2 km airline southwest of Puente Tierra (village), Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The locality is roughly 50 km north of Cali, on the mountain above kilometer post 23 on the present Loboguerrero--Buga road (about 3° 52' N, 76° 25' W").
Holotype	The holotype AMNH 102601 is located in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	English name: Cauca Poison Frog - Dendrobates bombetes Myers and Daly, 1980 -- Minyobates bombetes--Myers, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 304.
History
Physical description	Size: 16-20mm
Distribution	Western slope of the Western Andes (Valle del Cauca) and western slope of the Central Andes (Quindío), Colombia, 1580-2100 m elevation.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 23-25°C.
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