Ameerega macero

The Manu poison frog (Ameerega macero) is a frog. It lives in Peru and Brazil.

Ameerega macero
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Ameerega
Species:	A. macero
Binomial name
Ameerega macero (Rodriguez and Myers, 1993)
Synonyms
Epipedobates macero Rodríguez and Myers, 1993 Ameerega macero Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

Home

This frog lives in forests, especially bamboo forests. Scientists saw the frog between 300 and 1450 meters above sea level.

Some of the places the frog lives are protected places: Parque Nacional Otishi, Parque Nacional Manu, Manu Learning Centre, Manu Wildlife Center, Estación Biológica Cocha Cashu, Machiguenga Communal Reserve, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá, Reserva Extrativista Riozinho da Liberdade, and Reserva Extrativista do Rio Gregório.

Young

The female frog lays eggs on dead leaves on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to streams that move slowly, where they swim and grow.

Danger

Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Humans change the places where the frog lives. People cut down forests to make farms and places for animals to eat grass. People also catch this frog to sell as a pet, even though this is against the law.