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Oophaga granulifera (Taylor, 1958)
Granular Poison Frog
family: Dendrobatidae
subfamily: Dendrobatinae
genus: Oophaga
Species Description: Taylor, E. H. 1958. Additions to the known herpetological fauna of Costa Rica with comments on other species. No. III. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 39: 3–40.
 
Etymology: In 2011, the genus Dendrobates was subdivided into seven genera, including the new genus Oophaga by Brown et al. (2011). The origin of the genus name, "Oophaga", comes from the Greek words, "oon" and "phagein", meaning "egg" and "eat", respectively (Ortiz et al. 2018).
Oophaga granulifera
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Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Vulnerable (VU)
CITES Appendix II
National Status None
Regional Status None
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