Ameerga pepperi

Ameerega pepperi "Abiseo" AP-ABJUI
This beautiful animal is distributed within the remote Rio Abiseo gorge.

Ameerega pepperi "Yellow/gold" AP-CAY
Not to be confused with the INIBICO Black bassleri which come from Sapasoa. These animals originate much further south.

Ameerega pepperi "Orange" AP-CHO
This population is extremely variable in both the colour and the amount of dorsal coloration. Some are primarily black with a only a little dull orange on the head, while others are extremely vibrantly coloured.

Ameerega pepperi "Orangehead" AP-OHNS
There is a noticeable shift in colouration of pepperi populations as one moves from the north (yellow) to the south (red). This particular population possess very vibrant orange heads, usually with very little dorsal colouration behind the shoulders.

Ameerega pepperi "Yellow/gold" AP-CAY

Ameerega pepperi "Yellow/gold" AP-CAY

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Ameerega pepperi Information

Similar in most respects to A. bassleri, Brown et. al. 2009 recognized distinctions in call, genetics and distribution and have elevated it to species status. Natural history is similar in most respects to bassleri. Its north to south distribution west of the Cordillera Azul is notably drier than much of the range of bassleri and thus these frogs seldom venture far from the immediate vicinity of streams. Care and reproduction in captivity is similar in most respects to bassleri, though we notice larvae of pepperi undergo metamorphosis in as little as 50 days, noticeably faster than we have experienced with bassleri.

These frogs have all been marketed in the past as A. bassleri.