Dendrobates
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| Dendrobates tinctorius | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Dendrobates Wagler, 1830 |
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Dendrobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to South America. It once contained all poison dart frogs; until recently, frogs such as Dendrobates pumilio and Dendrobates terribilis were scientifically valid names. The genus still retains many species, however.
[edit] Taxonomy
Dendrobates once contained over 40 species, but has lost nearly all of them to the genera Oophaga, Ranitomeya, and Phyllobates. It retains the five original species:
- Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855) – Green and black poison dart frog
- Dendrobates azureus (Hoogmoed, 1969) – Blue poison dart frog
- Dendrobates leucomelas (Steindachner, 1864) – Yellow-banded poison dart frog
- Dendrobates tinctorius (Schneider, 1799) – Dyeing dart frog
- Dendrobates truncatus (Cope, 1861) – Yellow-striped poison frog
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- "Amphibian Species of the World - Dendrobates Wagler, 1830". http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?g_id=142. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
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