Peru Poison Frog

This species is found in eastern Peru and in Brazil, at 274-800 m in elevation. Within Peru it occurs in the Río Ucayali and Río Huallaga basins (Departamentos Huánuco, Pasco, and Ucayali). In Brazil it is found in Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor and Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá (Acre State). It occurs only in primary premontane and lowland moist tropical forest (IUCN 2006).

Eggs are deposited terrestrially, in the leaf-litter. Larvae are transported by a parent to streams (IUCN 2006).

This species is widespread. Some habitat loss has resulted from agricultural cultivation (crops and coffee) (IUCN 2006).

The Peru poison frog (Ameerega petersi), also known as Peruvian poison frog, Peruvian poison-arrow frog and emerald poison frog, is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is found in eastern Peru (Ucayali River and Huallaga River basins) and western Brazil (Acre state). Its natural habitats are primary premontane and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.