Leucostethus Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado & Rueda-Almonacid 2017

Leucostethus is a genus of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae, in the subfamily Colostethinae.^[1] The frogs are found in the western Amazon rainforest.^[2]

The members of this genus are unique among the Colostethinae in that both males and females lack dark colouration on the ventral part of their bodies. The genus is named combining the Greek words leukos ('white') and stethos ('chest').^[3]

There are six species in this genus.

• Leucostethus argyrogaster
• Leucostethus brachistriatus
• Leucostethus fraterdanieli (pictured)
• Leucostethus fugax
• Leucostethus jota
• Leucostethus ramirezi

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Leucostethus es un género de anfibios anuros neotropicales de la familia Dendrobatidae. Estas ranas se distribuyen por Ecuador, Perú y el sur de Colombia. Contiene muchas especies que anteriormente estaban incluidas en el género Colostethus.^[1]​

Especies

Se reconocen las siguientes siete especies:^[1]​

• Leucostethus argyrogaster (Morales & Schulte, 1993)
• Leucostethus bilsa Vigle, Coloma, Santos, Hernandez-Nieto, Ortega-Andrade, Paluh & Read, 2020
• Leucostethus brachistriatus (Rivero & Serna, 1986)
• Leucostethus fraterdanieli (Silverstone, 1971)
• Leucostethus fugax (Morales & Schulte, 1993)
• Leucostethus jota Marín-Castaño, Molina-Zuluaga & Restrepo, 2018
• Leucostethus ramirezi (Rivero & Serna, 2000)

Publicación original

• Grant, T., M. Rada, M. A. Anganoy-Criollo, A. Batista, P. H. dos S. Dias, A. M. Jeckel, D. J. Machado & J. V. Rueda-Almonacid. 2017. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea). South American Journal of Herpetology 12 (Special Issue): 1–90.

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