Gold Stripe Leaf Climber
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| ( Boulenger , 1914) |
The gold stripe phyllobates ( Phyllobates aurotaenia ) is a kind of genre phyllobates ( Phyllobates ) and the part of the family of the poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae), which are also called poison dart frogs. The gold streak leaf riser is one of the three types of poison dart frogs that were actually used to poison arrowheads.
features
The adult animals reach body lengths of 32 (males) and 35 mm (females). Your skin is slightly granular on the top and smooth on the underside. On the black base color there are two colored longitudinal lines on the side of the back, which run over the eyes and unite at the tip of the snout. These can be colored golden, orange or green. The hind legs show a golden, orange, green or blue mottling. The first (inner) finger is longer than the second; There are no webs between the toes.
Occurrence
This frog lives in humid tropical forests in the flat and hilly areas on the western slopes of the western Andes cordillera in Colombia . Although common, the species, like many others, is threatened by increasing habitat restriction, pollution, and invading species.
Reproduction
In contrast to other poison dart frogs, the males do not fight against each other in wrestling matches, but try to drown out their opponents with loud shouts in the presence of a female until they withdraw. The calls are usually made from the ground on fallen leaves. During mating, the females lay 15 to 28 eggs in small cavities on the bottom. The males later carry the hatched larvae to the next slowly flowing body of water.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Phyllobates aurotaenia at Amphibiaweb, accessed October 15, 2014
Web links
- Phyllobates aurotaenia in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2007. Posted by: Bolivar, W. Grant, T., Lötters, S. & Castro, F., 2004. Retrieved on 13 May, 2008.
- Phyllobates aurotaenia at amphibiaweb.org (Engl.)