{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}} {{Italic title}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Excidobatesmysteriosusbigetitel.jpg | image_caption = ''Excidobates mysteriosus'' | taxon = Excidobates | authority = Twomey and Brown, 2008<ref name=TwomeyBrown>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1655/07-009.1| title = Spotted poison frogs: rediscovery of a lost species and a new genus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from northwestern Peru| journal = Herpetologica| volume = 64| pages = 121–137| year = 2008| last1 = Twomey | first1 = E. | last2 = Brown | first2 = J. L. | s2cid = 55898618}}</ref> | type_species = ''Dendrobates mysteriosus'' | type_species_authority = Myers, 1982 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 3 species (see text) }}
'''''Excidobates''''' is a genus of poison dart frogs endemic to the Marañón River drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America.<ref name=frost/> At one time members of this genus were classified as ''Dendrobates''. A characteristic of this genus is the presence of pale, ovoid spots on the under surface of the thighs.<ref>[http://www.dendrobates.org/excidobates.html ''Excidobates''] Poison frogs, Dendrobates.org</ref>
==Species== The following species are included in the genus:<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Dendrobatinae/Excidobates |title=''Excitobates'' Twomey and Brown, 2008 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2017 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=26 September 2017 }}</ref><ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Dendrobatidae.shtml|title=Dendrobatidae |year=2014 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=26 September 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | || ''Excidobates captivus'' <small>(Myers, 1982)</small> || Santiago poison frog ||Peru and Ecuador |- | || ''Excidobates condor'' <small>Almendáriz, Ron, and Brito M., 2012</small> || Cóndor poison frog ||Ecuador |- |120px || ''Excidobates mysteriosus'' <small>(Myers, 1982)</small> || Marañón poison frog ||Peru |- |}
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Category:Excidobates Category:Poison dart frogs Category:Amphibians of South America Category:Amphibian genera
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