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title: "Spotted-thighed Poison Frog"
description: "Allobates femoralis — Amphibians. Allobates femoralis (common name brilliant-thighed poison frog, brilliant-thighed poison-arrow frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spotted-thighed-poison-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted-thighed Poison Frog

> Allobates femoralis — Amphibians. Allobates femoralis (common name brilliant-thighed poison frog, brilliant-thighed poison-arrow frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Allobates femoralis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 677
- Wikidata: [Q1936418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936418)
- iNaturalist taxon: [21211](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/21211)

## Names

- en: Spotted-thighed Poison Frog
- es: Rana saltarina de muslos brillantes
- fr: Allobate fémoral
- pl: Drzewołaz jaskrawoudy

## Countries with the most observations

GF (183), PE (104), BR (90), EC (74), CO (28), GY (11), SR (6)

## Summary

Allobates femoralis (common name brilliant-thighed poison frog, brilliant-thighed poison-arrow frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Its natural habitat is tropical lowland forests.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allobates_femoralis

## Photo

![Spotted-thighed Poison Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-thighed-poison-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140016646

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-thighed-poison-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).