Adelphobates galactonotus
| Splashback poison frog | |
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| Yellow-backed variant (above, captive) and yellow-and-black netted variant (below, from Cristalino State Park) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Adelphobates |
| Species: | A. galactonotus
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| Binomial name | |
| Adelphobates galactonotus (Steindachner, 1864)
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| Distribution of the splash-backed poison frog | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dendrobates galactonotus Steindachner, 1864 | |
Adelphobates galactonotus (splash-backed poison frog or splashback poison frog) is a species of
habitat loss[1] and has already disappeared from some localities due to deforestation and flooding caused by dams.[4] The species is relatively common in captivity and regularly bred, but the wild populations are still at risk from illegal collection.[4]
The best known variants of this species are black below and yellow, orange or red above, but its color is extremely variable with some having whitish-
mint or light blue upperparts, some having a mottled or spotted pattern above, and some being almost all whitish (popularly known as "moonshine" among captive frog keepers), yellow-orange or black.[4] It has been speculated that some morphs were separate species, but genetic testing have revealed virtually no difference between them (including a distinctive variant from Cristalino State Park with a yellow-and-black netted pattern) and the distributions of the morphs do not follow a clear geographic pattern as expected if they were separate species.[4] This relatively large poison dart frog has a snout-vent length of up to 42 mm (1.7 in).[4]
References
- ^ doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55185A11253730.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.)
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- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Adelphobates galactonotus (Steindachner, 1864)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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External links
Data related to Adelphobates galactonotus at Wikispecies
Media related to Adelphobates galactonotus at Wikimedia Commons