Ameerega simulans Myers, Rodríguez, & Icochea, 1998

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Ameerega simulans Myers, Rodríguez, & Icochea, 1998

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Material examined. MUSA 4929, 4931; (13°25′24″S, 069°36′35″W), 22,24. IX.2013. MUSA 4930; (13°25′49″S, 069°36′36″W), 24.IX.2013. MUSA 4932; (13°25′41″S, 069° 36′45″W), 23.IX.2013.

Identification. A small dendrobatid species, SVL 18.9– 22.4 mm in males and 23.6–27 mm in females. It can be identified by granular dorsal skin; head and dorsum black; flanks black with a bright yellow stripe extend- ing from groin to tip of the snout. Venter blue with black reticulum. Similar species in adjacent localities are: A. trivittata , which is larger, SVL males = 37–40 mm, females = 42–46 mm, and venter black with blue spots; A. petersi and A. macero , which have a brown and red dorsal coloration respectively ( Myers et al. 1998).

Distribution. According to Myers et al. (1998), A. simulans inhabits in the lower montane Andean forest in the upper Rio Madre de Dios watershed, Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno Regions, Peru.