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Poison dart frogs
Poison dart frogs (Dendrobatoidea) belong to the order of Amphibians, and in that order to the Anura (frogs and toads). The Dendrobatoidea superfamily consist of the Aromobatidae (with the subfamilies Anomaloglossinae, Aromobatinae and Allobatinae) and Dendrobatidae (with the subfamilies Hyloxalinae, Dendrobatinae and Colostethinae). Genera of these subfamilies are: Adelphobates, Allobates, Ameerega, Anomaloglossus, Aromobates, Colostethus, Dendrobates, Epipedobates, Excidobates, Hyloxalus, Mannophryne, Minyobates, Oophaga, Phyllobates, Ranitomeya, Rheobates and Silverstoneia. We keep poison dart frogs of the Dendrobates genus, below you can find an overview of species within this genus: Dendrobates auratus (golden poison dart frog) Most of these varieties have a golden glow covering their body. Although some populations are blue with black stripes, most of them are green with black stripes. Some even have yellow or green spotted or striped patterns, depending on where they live. This variation lives in southern Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama, but has also been spread over Hawaii and the United States. Like most poison dart frogs, this kind is active during the day and mainly lives on the ground.
Biotope of Dendrobates Auratus:
Dendrobates Leucomelas (bumblebee poison frog) Dendrobates Leucomelas grow to be 3 to 4 cm and have a yellow to orange pattern on the back with black spots and stripes. The yellow or orange pattern consists of 3 wide stripes running accross the body of the frog are situated on the head, near the front legs and near the hind legs; these yellow tripes are usually covered with black spots. The amount of black spots increases with age. This particular frog can usually be found in the northern part of South-America (Venezuela, Guyana, Brasil) Click here for more info on Dendrobates Leucomelas.
Biotope of Dendrobates Leucomelas:
Dendrobates Tinctorius (dyeing dart frog) The colours of this species vary a lot depending on where they live; every mountain ridge or secluded population of full-grown animals has its own pattern and colour. The most appealing of them all is without any doubt Azureus, which is entirely blue. It used to be categorised as a separate species, but recent research has proven this kind to be a colour variation of Dendrobates tinctorius. With its 3.5 to 7cm it's one of the larger poison dart frogs. Females grow to be slightly bigger than the males. They live in northern Brasil (Amapa district, French Guyana (with the exception of the coastal areas in the north-west), the southern half of Suriname upto the south-east of British Guyana upto 600 meters above sea level. click here for more info on Dendrobates azureus.
Biotope of Dendrobates Tinctorius:
Dendrobates Truncatus (Yellow-striped Poison Frog) A deep black frog with wide golden-yellow to blue stripes along its body. There are only a few known variations and they all have the same pattern of coloured stripes. They solely live on the ground and they can be found in Colombia, more specific in the tropical rain forest along the Rio Magdalena river (between the Cordilleras Central and Orientall), from Chaparral to the north of the Cordilleras Central in the east, up to the Morrosquillo Gulf in the north and up to the border with Panama in the west.
Biotope of Dendrobates Truncatus:
Dendrobates Nubeculosus Upto now only one specimen has been found of this species in Guyana (along the Essequibo River near Rockstone). There's no reason to assume that this should be the only one of this species, but nobody has ever searched for its congeners since the first and only specimen was discovered in the '80s. Click here for more info on Dendrobates Nubeculosus |
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