Hyloxalus
| Hyloxalus | |
|---|---|
| Cream-backed poison frog (H. subpunctatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Hyloxalinae |
| Genus: | Hyloxalus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Hyloxalus fuliginosus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 | |
| Species | |
|
63 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Phyllodromus Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 | |
Hyloxalus is a genus of poison dart frogs, family Dendrobatidae. The genus is distributed in Central and South America, from Panama south to Peru (along the Pacific coast), along with Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. They also inhabit the eastern foothills of the Andes in Bolivia to Venezuela, east to the upper Amazon Basin.
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