Ameerega petersi

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| taxon = Ameerega petersi
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|synonyms=*Phyllobates petersi Silverstone, 1976
Phyllobates smaragdinus Silverstone, 1976
Hysaplesia petersi Schlegel, 1826
Dendrobates petersi Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
Dendrobates smaragdinus Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978
Epipedobates smaragdinus Myers, 1987
Epipedobates petersi Myers, 1987Phyllobates (Pseudendrobates) petersi Bauer, 1988Phyllobates (Pseudendrobates) smaragdina Bauer, 1988Ameerega petersi Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006Ameerega smaragdina Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
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The Peru poison frog, Peruvian poison frog, Peruvian poison arrow frog, emerald poison frog, or emerald  poison arrow frog (Ameerega petersi'') is a frog.  It lives in  Peru and Brazil.

Home

This frog lives in forests that human beings have not changed too much. People have seen the frog between 274 and 800 meters above sea level in other places.

Some of the places the frog lives are protected parks: Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, and Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul, Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, and Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá. Scientists think it could also live in San Matias-San Carlos Protected Forest.

Young
The female frog lays her eggs on the dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to water.

Danger
Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Humans do change the places where it lives to make farms.

First paper

References

Category:Frogs of South America
Category:Poison dart frogs