''Hyloxalus vergeli'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It is

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to Colombia and only known from the region of its

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in the Cundinamarca Department, on the . Its natural

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s are cloud forests near streams. It tolerates some minor habitat disturbance.

References

vergeli Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Colombia Endemic fauna of Colombia Amphibians described in 1940 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dendrobatidae-stub