Dendrobates arboreus

Polkadot Poison Frog

Myers, Daly & Martinez, 1984

Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae

Description

Coloration: Vivid yellow spots dorsally and ventrally on a brown or black background.
Skin: Weakly rugose.
Size: S/V 22 -24 mm
Toes: 4>3>5>2>1 Toe disks on 2-4 highly expanded.
Teeth: Absent.
Vocalization:7-60 second train of harsh notes at 3-4 notes per second.

Distribution

Western Panamá. Locality 8° 46´ N, between 82° 10´ - 82° 13´ W, at 1050 m. elevation near Quebrada de Arena, Province of Chiriquí, Panamá.

Habitat & Ecology

Lowland swampy rainforest buttresses to high canopied montane rainforest. Found in bromeliads up 10 m.

Reproduction

Breeding appears to be vent to vent after lengthy courtship behavior. Eggs are laid on bromeliads.

Conservation

Status: Threatened.

Other Comments

Information Pending

References

Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp.
Martínez, V. 1984 Investigación preliminar de los anfibios (Salientia) de Quebrada de Arena y áreas adyacentes: listado anotado. Natura (Panamá) 4:30-33.
Myers, C.W. 1982 Spotted poison frogs: descriptions of three new Dendrobates from Western Amazonia and resurection of a lost species from "Chiriqui". Amer. Mus. Novitates. No. 2721, 23 pp.
Myers, C.W., & Daly, J.W. 1983 Dart-Poison Frogs. Sci. Amer. 248(2): 120-33.
Myers, C.W., & Daly, J.W. 1976 Preliminary evaluation of skin toxins and vocalizations in taxonomic and evolutionary studies of poison-dart frogs (Dendrobatidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. His. 157:173-262.
Myers, C.W., Daly, J.W. & Martínez, V. 1984 An arboreal poison frog (Dendrobates) from Western Panamá. Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 2752, pp. 1-20.
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Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Walls, J.G.1994 Jewels of the Rainforest: Poison Frogs of the family Dendrobatidae. TFH Publications, 288 pp.