Oophaga
Oophaga | |
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Oophaga pumilio
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Scientific 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
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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 |
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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
- ^ S2CID 82263880.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Oophaga Bauer, 1994". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Oophaga — the obligate egg feeders". dendroWorks. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ a b Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 490.
- ^ "Poison Dart Frog Genus Oophaga". www.dartfrog.pet. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "Oophaga". IUCN Red List. IUCN. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "-phagous | Origin and meaning of suffix -phagous by Online Etymology Dictionary".
- ^ "Egg | Origin and meaning of egg by Online Etymology Dictionary".
- ^ Heselhaus, R. 1992. Poison-arrow frogs: their natural history and care in captivity. Blandford, London.
- ^ 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.
- PMID 24804437.
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