Poison Frogs - Species - Minyobates Viridis

Discovery	Myers and Daly, 1976, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 157: 247 (Dendrobates viridis).
Type locality	"in montane forest approximately 13 km west of Dagua (town), 850-1200 meters elevation on south-facing versant of upper Río Anchicayá drainage, Department of Valle, Colombia".
Holotype	The holotype: AMNH 88133 of Dendrobates viridis is located at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy	English name: Green Poison Frog - Dendrobates viridis Myers and Daly, 1976 - Minyobates viridis--Myers, 1987, Papeis Avulsos Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 36: 304.
History
Physical description	Size 14-15.5mm
Distribution	Western slope of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia (Cauca and Valle del Cauca), 100-1200 m elevation.
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 23-25°C.
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