Ameerega

Description

Ameerega hahneli is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae.It is found in the Amazonian lowlands of Brazil,Bolivia,Peru,Ecuador,Colombia,Venezuela,Guyana,French Guiana,and Suriname.It is named after Paul Hahnel,the collector of the type series.Males measure 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in) and females 19–22 mm (0.75–0.87 in) in snout–vent length.The back and limbs are finely granular and brown in colour,with or without black spots.The flanks are black and bordered above by a narrow,white or cream coloured dorsolateral line that extends from the tip of the snout to the groin.There is also a white or cream coloured labial stripe that does not extend onto the arm.The venter is blue with black reticulations.There are yellow-orange oval spots on the ventral surfaces of the arms,inner surfaces of the shanks,and in the groin.The iris is dark brown.