Hyloxalus is a genus of poison dart frog

Poison dart frog

Poison dart frog is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. These species are diurnal and often have brightly-colored bodies...

s. The genus is distributed in Central and South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

, from Panama south to Peru (along the Pacific coast), along with Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Species also inhabit the eastern foothills of the Andes

Andes

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 in Bolivia to Venezuela, east to the upper Amazon Basin

Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...

. Many Hyloxalus species, such as the cream-back

Cream-backed poison frog

Hyloxalus subpunctatus, also known as the cream-backed poison frog, is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens,...

, bear superficial resemblances to hylids, such as the presence of small webs between their toes, and the fact that the discs at the end of their toes are slightly adhesive. This may be one of the oldest of dendrobatid genera; if this is the case, the genus has changed little since it first evolved.

Species

• Hyloxalus abditaurantius
  Colostethus abditaurantius
  Hyloxalus abditaurantius is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  
• Hyloxalus aeruginosus
• Hyloxalus anthracinus
  Colostethus anthracinus
  Colostethus anthracinus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and rivers....
  
  
• Hyloxalus argyrogaster
  Colostethus argyrogaster
  Colostethus argyrogaster is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.-References:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus awa
  Colostethus awa
  Colostethus awa is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  
• Hyloxalus azureiventris (Sky-blue Poison Frog
  Sky-blue Poison Frog
  The Sky-blue Poison Frog is a species of poison dart frog, native to the southern Andes in South America. Because of its unique DNA it is the sole species within the Cryptophyllobates genus....
  
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• Hyloxalus betancuri
• Hyloxalus bocagei
  Colostethus bocagei
  Colostethus bocagei is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus borjai
  Colostethus borjai
  Colostethus borjai is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are rivers.-Source:* Grant, T. & Lynch, J. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  
• Hyloxalus cevallosi
  Colostethus cevallosi
  Colostethus cevallosi, also known as Hyloxalus cevallosi, is a species of poison dart frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is named after Don Gabriel Cavallos, a famous Ecuadorean writer. This species of frog exists on the east side of the Andes and in Ecuador near the Pastaza Province as well as...
  
  
• Hyloxalus chlorocraspedus
• Hyloxalus chocoensis
  Colostethus chocoensis
  Colostethus chocoensis is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers....
  
  
• Hyloxalus elachyhistus
  Colostethus elachyhistus
  Colostethus elachyhistus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.It is threatened by habitat...
  
  
• Hyloxalus eleutherodactylus
• Hyloxalus exasperatus
  Colostethus exasperatus
  Colostethus exasperatus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus excisus
  Colostethus excisus
  Colostethus excisus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes and intermittent freshwater marches.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus faciopunctulatus
  Colostethus faciopunctulatus
  Colostethus faciopunctulatus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Colombia, possibly Brazil, and possibly Peru....
  
  
• Hyloxalus fallax
  Colostethus fallax
  Colostethus fallax is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus fascianiger
  Colostethus fascianiger
  Colostethus fascianiger is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus fuliginosus
• Hyloxalus idiomelus
  Colostethus idiomelas
  Colostethus idiomelas is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus insulatus
• Hyloxalus lehmanni
  Colostethus lehmanni
  Colostethus lehmanni is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, pastureland, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest....
  
  
• Hyloxalus leucophaeus
• Hyloxalus littoralis
  Colostethus littoralis
  Colostethus littoralis, or Ranita Silbadora, is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent rivers, temperate desert, sandy shores, and urban...
  
  
• Hyloxalus maculosus

• Hyloxalus maquipucuna
  Colostethus maquipucuna
  Colostethus maquipucuna is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:* Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  
• Hyloxalus marmoreoventris
  Colostethus marmoreoventris
  Colostethus marmoreoventris is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus mittermieri
  Colostethus mittermeieri
  Colostethus mittermeieri is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus mystax
  Colostethus mystax
  Colostethus mystax is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:* Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Grant, T. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  
• Hyloxalus nexipus
  Colostethus nexipus
  Colostethus nexipus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and rural gardens.-References:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus parcus
• Hyloxalus patitae
• Hyloxalus peculiaris
  Colostethus peculiaris
  Colostethus peculiaris is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus pinguis
  Colostethus pinguis
  Colostethus pinguis is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:* Grant, T. & Lynch, J. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  
• Hyloxalus pulchellum
• Hyloxalus pulcherrimus
• Hyloxalus pumilus
  Colostethus pumilus
  Colostethus pumilus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus ramosi
  Colostethus ramosi
  Colostethus ramosi is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:* Grant, T. & Lynch, J. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  
• Hyloxalus ruizi
  Colostethus ruizi
  Colostethus ruizi is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus saltuarius
  Colostethus saltuarius
  Colostethus saltuarius is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Ardila-Robayo, M.C. & Rueda, J.V. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  
• Hyloxalus sauli
  Colostethus sauli
  Colostethus sauli is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-References:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus shuar
  Colostethus shuar
  Colostethus shuar is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is found in Ecuador and possibly Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus sordidatus
• Hyloxalus spilotogaster
• Hyloxalus subpunctatus
• Hyloxalus sylvaticus
  Colostethus sylvaticus
  Colostethus sylvaticus is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus toachi
  Colostethus toachi
  Colostethus toachi is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and rivers.It is...
  
  
• Hyloxalus utcubambensis
  Colostethus utcubambensis
  Colostethus utcubambensis is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus vergeli
  Colostethus vergeli
  Colostethus vergeli is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.-Source:...
  
  
• Hyloxalus vertebralis
  Colostethus vertebralis
  Colostethus vertebralis is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, tundra, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat...
  
  
• Hyloxalus whymperi
  Colostethus whymperi
  Colostethus whymperi is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss....