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| Specimens with Sequences: | 80 | Public Species: | 7 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 64 | Public BINs: | 11 |
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| Species With Barcodes: | 7 | ||
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Oophaga
Oophaga is a genus of poison-dart frogs containing nine species. Many of these species were formerly in the Dendrobates genus.[1] The frogs are distributed in Central and South America, from Nicaragua through the Colombian El Choco to northern Ecuador (at elevations below 1,200 metres (3,900 ft)).
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Etymology
Oophaga, Greek for "egg eater" (oon, phagos),[2][3] is descriptive of the tadpoles' diet.[4][5] The larvae feed exclusively on unfertilized eggs supplied as food by the mother.[6]
Species
- Oophaga arborea – Polkadot Poison Frog
- Oophaga granulifera – Granular Poison Frog
- Oophaga histrionica – Harlequin Poison Frog
- Oophaga lehmanni – Lehmann's Poison Frog
- Oophaga occultator – La Brea Poison Frog
- Oophaga pumilio – Strawberry Poison-dart Frog
- Oophaga speciosa – Splendid Poison Frog
- Oophaga sylvatica – Diablito
- Oophaga vicentei – Vicente's Poison Frog
Notes
- ^ Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1-262 (http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5803/1/B299.pdf)
- ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=-phagous
- ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=egg
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.robbster.com/RobbHome/FrogPage
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