#andinobates

[herpsandbirds]

Supata Poison Frog (Andinobates supata), family Dendrobatidae, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Described in 2021, there is still little info on this species.

photograph by Ignacio Yúfera

[birdblues]

Cauca Poison Frog

[tropic-havens]

Red-yellow dotted morph of the dotted poison frog (Andinobates dorisswansonae), a tiny and endangered poison frog endemic to the north of Tolima, Colombia. Photo by Ignacio Yúfera.

[eliovidasalvaje]

Rana puntiada venenosa🐸

ranita venenosa punteada (Andinobates dorisswansonae), es una especie de anfibio de la familia Dendrobatidae, endémico de las cercanías de Falan, al norte del departamento del Tolima, Colombia.

piel es de fondo negro brillante o marrón oscuro con manchas rojas, anaranjadas o amarillas. Se distingue además de otros dendrobátidos similares porque tiene el primer y segundo dedo del pie fusionado, característica que comparte únicamente con una especie cercana, Andinobates daleswansoni. Los machos miden entre 16,2 y 17,1 mm de longitud y las hembras entre 17,5 y 19,4 mm.

[frogs-from-bogs]

Andinobates bombetes by Ana Ospina-L

[funkyfrogoftheday]

today's funky frog of the day: Andinobates tolimensis!!!! these extremely small friends have an extremely fun colour scheme. they are endemic to colombia, where they live in the cordillera mountain range! they are most likely toxic to humans.

photo by Mauricio Rivera Correa

[itsfrogtober]

frog of the day

Andinobates dorisswansonae, Common name: dotted poison frog

(Image source)

Habitat: The leaf litter of secondary forests

Found in: Columbia 

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Ranitomeya is a genus of dart poison frogs found in Panama and South America south to Peru and Brazil, possibly into Bolivia. Taxonomy In 2006 Grant et al. revised the systematics of dart poison frogs and placed many species formerly classified in the genera Dendrobates, Minyobates and Phyllobates in Ranitomeya. In 2011 Brown and colleagues, following other scientists who assumed the existence of two distinct clades in Ranitomeya, erected the genus Andinobates for 12 species of Ranitomeya. Ranitomeya and Andinobates frogs can be distinguished from those in genera such as Dendrobates in that they are generally smaller, have more than two colors, and seem to glitter if viewed from certain angles. Ranitomeya is widespread in the Amazon basin, whereas Andinobates species are found only in the northern Andes down to Central America. Description Adults measure no more than 21 mm (0.83 in) in snout–vent length and are typically brightly colored, often with bright yellow, red, or green dorsum that can be uniform in color or with stripes or dots. Also the throat has distinctive color, usually yellow, orange or red. Dorsal skin is smooth or weakly granular. The head is narrower than the body. Fingers and toes bear discs, with those on the fingers being large. Threats Many Ranitomeya species are threatened by habitat loss and collection for the pet trade. Species There are 16 Ranitomeya species: Ranitomeya amazonica (Schulte, 1999) Ranitomeya benedicta Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008 Ranitomeya cyanovittata Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010 Ranitomeya defleri Twomey and Brown, 2009 Ranitomeya fantastica (Boulenger, 1884) Ranitomeya flavovittata (Schulte, 1999) Ranitomeya imitator (Schulte, 1986) Ranitomeya reticulata (Boulenger, 1884) Ranitomeya sirensis (Aichinger, 1991) Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008 Ranitomeya toraro Brown, Caldwell, Twomey, Melo-Sampaio, and Souza, 2011 Ranitomeya uakarii (Brown, Schulte, and Summers, 2006) Ranitomeya vanzolinii (Myers, 1982) Ranitomeya variabilis (Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988) Ranitomeya ventrimaculata (Shreve, 1935) Ranitomeya yavaricola Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010 Dendrobates rubrocephalus Schulte, 1999 is placed here Incertae Sedis. source - Wikipedia

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[fercamome-blog]

Un ejemplo de cómo el conflicto ha evitado el saber acerca de las especies que habitan en Colombia es el descubrimiento de este anfibio, el cual ha sido nombrado en honor a las víctimas del conflicto en la zona del Urabá.

[worldwidecuriosities-blog]

What is peculiar about this frog?

It’s a very singular orange colour frog called ‘Andinobates Geminisae’. This specie outlines upon its bright and plain colourful skin. It was discovered by Samuel Valdés and his field assistant, Carlos de la Cruz in the tropical forest in Donoso, province of Colón, in the north of Panama in February on 2011.

An ‘Andinobates Geminisae’ combines danger and exoticism. They are very poisonous and their size is no more than a fingernail, around 12,7 mm long. They highlight because of their vibrant and neon plain orange dorsum and belly, a warning signal for predators. The prominent character making them unique from other group members (‘andinobates’) is their peculiar male warning call. Listen here!

http://amphibiaweb.org/sounds/Andinobates_geminisae8.wav

(Andinobates    Geminisae)

(Oophaga)

Still a mysterious…amazing!

It is not known yet if the presence of one or two spaced pulses (“clicks”), at the beginning or at the end of the call, has some influence on behaviour. There was the possibility they might have the same social behaviours than their neighbours, the ‘Oophaga’, other very similar frog, but they are not that social but respectful within the habitat. The curious thing is this specie was observed from years ago and professionals confused them with the ‘Oophaga’. How many species will we discover after these circumstances? And how many are still remaining in our unknown world?

Why are they special?

There are approximately 4,800 recorded species of frogs. The A. Geminisae is placed in the k-selection unlike most other frogs which are placed in the r-selection. The K-selection species are strong competitors in such crowded niches that invest more heavily in fewer offspring, each of which has a relatively high probability of surviving to adulthood. They care for their young until they are ready to live on their own.

That’s beauty…

How a fingernail animal can be such a big discovery, only adapted to live in a small forest from Panama and leaving us the feeling of how much small we are. I’m really passionate about the smallest worldwide curiosities about animals and animal’s social behaviour and these small pieces of knowledge are which make us share wisdom with our mother nature and remind us the diversity and unique each specie is. It’s a pity their habitat reduction remains the main issue for this type of frog, threating their existence, apart from deforestation and pet trade collectors (which accelerate the process). They basically struggle with climate change, habitat loss, and the deadly chytrid fungus.  Find more

[herpsandbirds]

Cauca Poison Frog (Andinobates bombetes), father transporting tadpoles, family Dendrobatidae, endemic to Colombia

photograph by Juank Gonzalez

[dnicolasd-blog]

Sometimes I love to draw.

[herpsandbirds]

Supatá Golden Poison Frog (Andinobates supata), family Dendrobatidae, endemic to the Andes of Colombia

Found in the Cundinamarca and Boyacá regions of Colombia, at altitudes of 2,000 -2,500 m.

Conservation status: Data deficient

First described in 2021

photograph by Juancagonzalezc

[herpsandbirds]

Yellow-bellied Poison Frog (Andinobates fulguritus), family Dendrobatidae, Pacific coast of Colombia

Poisonous.

Photograph by Christian Torica

[herpsandbirds]

Cauca Poison Frog (Andinobates bombetes), family Dendrobatidae, endemic to Colombia

Poisonous.

photograph by Cristian Torica

[herpsandbirds]

Cauca Poison Frog (Andinobates bombetes), family Dendrobatidae, endemic to Colombia

Poisonous.

Also referred to as Ranitomeya bombetes.

photograph by Juan José Ramírez