| Spot-legged poison frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllobatinae |
| Genus: | Ameerega |
| Species: | A. picta |
| Binomial name | |
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Ameerega picta (Tschudi, 1838) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dendrobates pictus ssp. guayanensis Heatwole, Solano & Heatwole, 1965 |
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Dendrobates pictus ssp. guayanensis Heatwole, Solano & Heatwole, 1965
The spot-legged poison frog or sapito pintado (Ameerega picta; formerly Epipedobates picta) is a species of dendrobatid frog found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. Its habitat includes tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, especially freshwater swamp forests.