title: Excidobates
text: # Excidobates
  
  Excidobates is a genus of poison dart frogs endemic to the Marañón River drainage in Peru and Ecuador, South America. At one time members of this genus were classified as Dendrobates. A characteristic of this genus is the presence of pale, ovoid spots on the under surface of the thighs.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following species are included in the genus:
  
  | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
  | - | - | - |
  | Excidobates captivus (Myers, 1982) | Santiago poison frog | Peru and Ecuador |
  | Excidobates condor Almendáriz, Ron, and Brito M., 2012 | | Ecuador |
  | Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982) | Marañón poison frog | Peru |
  