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Introduction 1 



Class Amphibia, Superorder Salientia, Order Anura 7 



Suborder Aglossa 7 



Family Pipidae 7 



Pipa Laurenti 7 



P. parva Ruthven and Gaige 8 



P. snethlageae Midler 9 



P. pipa (Linnaeus) 10 



Suborder Diplasiocoela 12 



Family Ranidae 13 



Subfamily Dendrobatinae 13 



Dendrobates Wagler 13 



D. Irivittatus (Spix) 14 



D. ingeri, new species 16 



D. hahneli Boulenger 17 



D. lugubris O. Schmidt 19 



D. opisthomelas Boulenger 22 



D. minutus ventrimaculatus Shreve 23 



D. minutus minutus Shreve 25 



D. tinctorius wittei Laurent 25 



D. tinctorius histrionicus Berthold 28 



D. tinctorius chocoensis (Posada Arango) 31 



D. tinctorius confluens Funkhouser 32 



Phyllobates Dumeril and Bibron 34 



P. bicolor Bibron 35 



P. boulengeri (Barbour) 38 



P. femoralis (Boulenger) 40 



P. mertensi Cochran and Goin 42 



P. thorntoni, new species 44 



P. chocoensis (Boulenger) 46 



P. brunneus (Cope) 48 



P. palmatus Werner 52 



P. pratti Boulenger 55 



P. latinasus Cope 57 



P. inguinalis (Cope) 59 



P. subpunctatus subpunclatus (Cope) 62 



P. subpunctatus walesi, new subspecies 65 



P. vergeli (Hellmich) 68 



Subfamily Raninae 70 



Rana Linnaeus 70 



R. palmipes Spix 70 



Family Microhylidae 74 



Relictivomer Carvalho 74 



R. pearsei (Ruthven) 74 



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