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Phyllobates :

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Phyllobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Colombia.

 

Phyllobates contains the most poisonous species of frog, the golden poison frog (P. terribilis). They are typical of the poison dart frogs, in that all species have bright warning coloration (aposematism), and have varying degrees of toxicity. Only species of Phyllobates are used by natives of South American tribes as sources of poison for their hunting darts. The most toxic of the many poisonous alkaloids these frogs emit from their skins is batrachotoxin, alongside a wide variety of other toxic compounds.

 

 

Phyllobates

P. terribilis

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Amphibia

Order:Anura

Family:Dendrobatidae

Subfamily:Dendrobatinae

Genus:Phyllobates
Duméril and Bibron, 1841

Species

Taxonomy :

 

Phyllobates (Ancient Greek for "leaf climber") used to contain many of the species which are now within the genus Ranitomeya.[1] However, it now just contains those six members within the Phyllobates bicolor species group. These are:

 

P. lugubris species group

  • Phyllobates lugubris (Schmidt, 1857)

  • Phyllobates vittatus (Cope, 1893)

P. bicolor species group

  • Phyllobates bicolor (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)

  • Phyllobates aurotaenia (Boulenger, 1913)

  • Phyllobates sp. aff. aurotaenia [2]

  • Phyllobates terribilis (Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978)

All these different species within the genus exhibit a diversity in color. Some examples are, P. terribilis, with color morphs of "mint", "yellow", and "orange". P. vittatus, another example, is always black as a ground color, but can show yellow stripes, orange stripes, red stripes,(stripes of all colors can be seen in two forms, narrow- and wide-banded) and turquoise, green, or blue legs, etc. The bicolor dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor) can range from yellow to orange, from black legs to green legs, to almost a uniform color of any of the aforementioned color morphs. P. aurotaenia specimens are yellow-banded or orange. They are always smaller than P. vittatus, and beyond locality, this is the best way to differentiate between the two in the field or in the hobby.

Video : 

Dart Frog Connection's Phyllobates Bicolor Green Leg

Genus Phyllobates:

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Phyllobates sp. aff. aurotaenia

Phyllobates vittatus 

Phyllobates terribilis "Quebrada Guanguí"

Phyllobates aurotaenia
"Bahia Solano" 

Phyllobates bicolorDepartamento Valle de Cauca

Phyllobates lugubris "Isla Cristóbal"

Madagascar Dart frogs

 Mantella 

Aromobatidae :

 South America Dart Frogs -  Species 

 

Dendrobatidae :

Phyllobates genus  :

Introduction .. 

Species :

 

1- Phyllobates bicolor, also known as the black-legged poison frog, bicolored dart frog  

                                                Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

2-Phyllobates terribilis - the golden frog, golden poison arrow frog, or golden dart frog 

                                               Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

3- Phyllobates vittatus  - The Golfodulcean poison frog or Golfodulcean poison-arrow frog  

                                               Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

4- Phyllobates lugubris - The lovely poison frog or lovely poison-arrow frog

                                               Part One   ..  Part Two ..

5- Phyllobates aurotaenia    ..   Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

Phyllobates genus  :

Introduction .. 

Species :

 

1- Phyllobates bicolor, also known as the black-legged poison frog, bicolored dart frog  

                                                Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

2-Phyllobates terribilis - the golden frog, golden poison arrow frog, or golden dart frog 

                                               Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

3- Phyllobates vittatus  - The Golfodulcean poison frog or Golfodulcean poison-arrow frog  

                                               Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

4- Phyllobates lugubris - The lovely poison frog or lovely poison-arrow frog

                                               Part One   ..  Part Two ..

5- Phyllobates aurotaenia    ..   Part One   ..  Part Two  ..  Part Three 

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