Silverstoneia


Silverstoneia is a genus of poison dart frogs from southern Central America and northern South America, between southwestern Costa Rica and southwestern Colombia. It is named in honour of Phillip A. Silverstone, an expert on dendrobatoid frogs.

Description

Silverstoneia are small frogs, with adult size < in snout–vent length. They have brown, cryptic colouration in the dorsum. They have a pale oblique lateral stripe as well as pale ventrolateral stripe, but no pale dorsolateral stripe. Dorsal skin texture is granular posteriorly.

Species

There are eight species of Silverstoneia: