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  Aromobatidae

Previously considered to be part of the Dendrobatidae, the group comprising the family Aromobatidae now consists of a monophyletic clade of 5 genera united by unique DNA sequence transformations rather than by morphology. Aromobatid frogs do not appear to have the ability to sequester alkaloids in their skin, and are thus not toxic, relying instead on their generally cryptic brown and gray coloration for protection. Only a few aromobatids have more colorful regions on their body (such as Mannophryne collaris and the species in the Allobates femoralis group, including Allobates femoralis, A. myersi, A. rufulus, and A. zaparo). All members of this family are diurnal and terrestrial except for Aromobates nocturnus, which is nocturnal and aquatic and thought to be the basal member of the family. The genus Anomaloglossus is characterized by an unusual tongue morphology, featuring a specialized bump at the midpoint of the tongue called a median lingual process. In at least some Anomaloglossus species, this specialized tongue projection can be protruded above the surface of the tongue and retracted, but its function is unknown. Most species within this family occur in South America, on the eastern slopes of the Andes (cis-Andean), throughout the Amazon region, and within the Brazilian Atlantic forest, though some members are also found in Central America and in the Lesser Antilles.
Mannophryne herminae
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Genus Allobates (43 species)
Allobates alessandroi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates algorei no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates bromelicola no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates brunneus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates caeruleodactylus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates caribe no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates cepedai no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates chalcopis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates conspicuus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates crombiei no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates femoralis English account non-English account photos sound/video
Allobates fratisenescus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates fuscellus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates gasconi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates goianus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates granti no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates hodli no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates humilis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates insperatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates juanii no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates kingsburyi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates mandelorum no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates marchesianus English account no non-English accountphotos sound/video
Allobates masniger no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates mcdiarmidi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates melanolaemus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates myersi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates nidicola no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates niputidea no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates olfersioides no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates ornatus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates paleovarzensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates picachos no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates pittieri no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates ranoides no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates sanmartini no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates spumaponens no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates subfolionidificans no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates sumtuosus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates talamancae English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates trilineatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Allobates undulatus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates vanzolinius no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates wayuu no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Allobates zaparo no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Anomaloglossus (21 species)
Anomaloglossus atopoglossus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus ayarzaguenai no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus baeobatrachus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus beebei no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus breweri no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus confusus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus degranvillei no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus guanayensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus kaiei no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus lacrimosus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus moffetti English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus murisipanensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus parimae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus parkerae English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus praderioi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus roraima no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus rufulus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus shrevei no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus stepheni English account non-English account photos sound/video
Anomaloglossus tamacuarensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus tepuyensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus triunfo no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus verbeeksnyderorum no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Anomaloglossus wothuja no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Aromobates (12 species)
Aromobates alboguttatus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates capurinensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates duranti no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates haydeeae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Aromobates leopardalis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates mayorgai no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates meridensis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Aromobates molinarii no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates nocturnus English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates ornatissimus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates orostoma no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates saltuensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates serranus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Aromobates tokuko no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

Genus Hyloxalus (57 species)
Hyloxalus abditaurantius no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus aeruginosus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus anthracinus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus awa no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus azureiventris no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus betancuri no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus bocagei no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus borjai no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus breviquartus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus cevallosi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus chlorocraspedus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus chocoensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus craspedoceps English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus delatorreae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus edwardsi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus elachyhistus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus eleutherodactylus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus exasperatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus excisus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus faciopunctulatus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus fallax no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus fascianigrus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus fuliginosus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus idiomelus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus infraguttatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus insulatus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus italoi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus lehmanni no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus leucophaeus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus littoralis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus maculosus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus maquipucuna no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus marmoreoventris no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus mittermeieri no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus mystax no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus nexipus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus parcus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus patitae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus peculiaris no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus peruvianus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus pinguis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus pulchellus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus pulcherrimus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus pumilus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus ramosi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus ruizi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus saltuarius no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus sauli no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus shuar no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus sordidatus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus spilotogaster English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus subpunctatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus sylvaticus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus toachi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus utcubambensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus vergeli no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus vertebralis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hyloxalus whymperi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Hyloxalus yasuni no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

Genus Mannophryne (16 species)
Mannophryne caquetio no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne collaris no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Mannophryne cordilleriana no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne herminae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Mannophryne lamarcai no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne larandina no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne leonardoi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne neblina no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne oblitterata no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne olmonae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne orellana no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne riveroi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Mannophryne speeri no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne trinitatis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Mannophryne trujillensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne urticans no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne venezuelensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne vulcano no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Mannophryne yustizi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Rheobates (2 species)
Rheobates palmatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Rheobates pseudopalmatus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video


Citation: AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2012. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 2012).

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