Oophaga

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Oophaga
Oophaga pumilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Subfamily: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Oophaga
Bauer, 1994
Type species
Dendrobates pumilio

Schmidt, 1857
Diversity
12 species (see text)

Oophaga is a genus of

extinct.[6]

Etymology

Oophaga, Greek for "egg eater" (oon, phagos),

Reproduction

While presumably all dendrobatids show parental care, this is unusually advanced in Oophaga: the

Oophaga pumilio tadpoles experimentally fed with eggs from alkaloid-free frogs did not contain alkaloids.[11]

Species

There are twelve species in this genus:[2]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Oophaga anchicayensis (Posso-Terranova and Andrés, 2018) Chocó region of northwestern Colombia
Oophaga andresi (Posso-Terranova and Andrés, 2018) Cocorro Columbia
Oophaga arborea (Myers, Daly, and Martínez, 1984) Polkadot poison frog Panama
Oophaga granulifera (Taylor, 1958) Granular poison frog Costa Rica and Panama
Oophaga histrionica (Berthold, 1845) Harlequin poison frog El Chocó region of western Colombia
Oophaga lehmanni (Myers and Daly, 1976) Lehmann's poison frog western Colombia
Oophaga occultator (Myers and Daly, 1976) La Brea poison frog Cordillera Occidental in the Cauca Department of Colombia
Oophaga pumilio (Schmidt, 1857) Strawberry poison-dart frog eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama
Oophaga solanensis (Posso-Terranova and Andrés, 2018) Northwestern region of Colombia, on the western banks of the Atrato and san Juan rivers.
Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857) Splendid poison frog Cordillera de Talamanca, western Panama (extinct)
Oophaga sylvatica (Funkhouser, 1956)
Diablito poison frog
southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.
Oophaga vicentei (Jungfer, Weygoldt, and Juraske, 1996) Vicente's poison frog Veraguas, Bocas del Toro, Colón and Coclé Provinces of central Panama

Captivity

Oophaga may be kept as pets by experienced amphibian keepers, but they are challenging to breed in captivity as only parents can feed and care for tadpoles.[3]

References

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  3. ^ a b c "Oophaga — the obligate egg feeders". dendroWorks. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 490.
  5. ^ "Poison Dart Frog Genus Oophaga". www.dartfrog.pet. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  6. ^ "Oophaga". IUCN Red List. IUCN. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  7. ^ "-phagous | Origin and meaning of suffix -phagous by Online Etymology Dictionary".
  8. ^ "Egg | Origin and meaning of egg by Online Etymology Dictionary".
  9. ^ Heselhaus, R. 1992. Poison-arrow frogs: their natural history and care in captivity. Blandford, London.
  10. ^ Zimmermann, E. and Zimmermann, H. 1994. Reproductive strategies, breeding, and conservation of tropical frogs: dart-poison frogs and Malagasy poison frogs. In: J.B. Murphy, K. Adler and J.T. Collins (eds), Captive management and conservation of amphibians and reptiles, pp. 255-266. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, Volume 11.
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