''Excidobates'' is a genus of

poison dart frog Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. These species are ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to the

Marañón River , name_etymology = , image = Maranon.jpg , image_size = 270 , image_caption = Valley of the Marañón between Chachapoyas (Leimebamba) and Celendín , map = Maranonrivermap.png , map_size ...

drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America. At one time members of this genus were classified as ''

Dendrobates ''Dendrobates'' is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America. It once contained numerous species, but most originally placed in this genus have been split off into other genera such as ''Adelphobates'', ''Ameerega'', ''Andi ...

''. A characteristic of this genus is the presence of pale, ovoid spots on the under surface of the thighs.''Excidobates''
Poison frogs, Dendrobates.org

Species

The following species are included in the genus:

References

Poison dart frogs Amphibians of South America Amphibian genera {{Dendrobatidae-stub