Colostethus

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Colostethus
Rocket Frog, Colostethus flotator.
Rocket Frog, Colostethus flotator.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Colostethus
Cope, 1866
Species

Over 100, see list in text.

Colostethus is a large genus of dendrobatid frogs native to Central and South America. Unlike most members of the family Dendrobatidae (the dart-poison frogs), members of the genus Colostethus are not usually brightly colored or poisonous. Colostethus is a paraphyletic genus, because although all species have a common ancestor, not all species descended from that ancestor are included in the genus. Current evolutionary studies will likely divide Colostethus into segregate genera in the near future.

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