Dendrobatidae (see family information on Tree of Life site)

280 species in 18 genera

Dart-Poison Frogs This family has recently been revised taxonomically (Grant et al., 2006) and now contains 11 genera. Members are small, brightly colored neotropical frogs. Dart-poison frogs derive their name from the fact that the more derived genera in this group are brightly colored and produce toxic skin alkaloids, which are obtained through the insects they eat. Three species (Phyllobates terribilis, Phyllobates aurotaenia, and Phyllobates bicolor) have been documented as being used to poison blow-gun darts for hunting animals, in Colombia. The most toxic species of any frog is Phyllobates terribilis, which produces batrachotoxins and homobatrachoxins at a level approximately 20-fold that of other dart-poison frogs. Dendrobatids have short but strong hind limbs and are agile jumpers and climbers. They are characterized by the presence of divided scutes (thick pads of skin) on the dorsal surface of their digits. These frogs are diurnal and lay eggs on land. Many dendrobatid species exhibit parental care, with the males or females (depending on the species) transporting their tadpoles on the back of the parent. In some species, each tadpole is placed in a separate treehole or other small water-containing enclosure, and females or both parents visit the tadpoles periodically, with the female depositing unfertilized eggs at each visit to feed the tadpole. Males are highly territorial, partaking in vocalization and wrestling competitions and display cephalic amplexus (grasping the female around the head during mating, unique among anurans).

Phyllobates terribilis Photo by Danté Fenolio (Click for details)

Genus Adelphobates (3 species)

Adelphobates castaneoticus	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Adelphobates galactonotus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Adelphobates quinguevittatus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Allobates (45 species)

Allobates alessandroi	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates algorei	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates bromelicola	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates brunneus	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates caeruleodactylus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates caribe	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates cepedai	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates chalcopis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates conspicuus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates crombiei	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates femoralis	English account	non-English account	photos	sound/video
Allobates fratisenescus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates fuscellus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates gasconi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates goianus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates granti	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates hodli	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates humilis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates insperatus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates juanii	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates kingsburyi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates mandelorum	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates marchesianus	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Allobates masniger	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates mcdiarmidi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates melanolaemus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates myersi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates nidicola	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates niputidea	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates olfersioides	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates ornatus	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates paleovarzensis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates picachos	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates pittieri	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates ranoides	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates sanmartini	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates spumaponens	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates subfolionidificans	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates sumtuosus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates talamancae	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates trilineatus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Allobates undulatus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates vanzolinius	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates wayuu	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Allobates zaparo	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Ameerega (31 species)

Ameerega altamazonica	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ameerega andina	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega bassleri	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega berohoka	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega bilinguis	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega boliviana	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega braccata	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega cainarachi	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega erythromos	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega flavopicta	no English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ameerega hahneli	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega ignipedis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega ingeri	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega labialis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega macero	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega maculata	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega parvula	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega pepperi	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega peruviridis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega petersi	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ameerega picta	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ameerega planipaleae	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega pongoensis	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega pulchripecta	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega rubriventris	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega silverstonei	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega simulans	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ameerega smaragdina	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega trivittata	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ameerega yoshina	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ameerega yungicola	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video

Genus Andinobates (12 species)

Andinobates abditus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Andinobates altobueyensis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Andinobates bombetes	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Andinobates claudiae	no English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Andinobates daleswansoni	English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Andinobates dorisswansonae	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Andinobates fulguritus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Andinobates minutus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Andinobates opisthomelas	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Andinobates tolimensis	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Andinobates viridis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Andinobates virolinensis	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Anomaloglossus (24 species)

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

Genus Aromobates (14 species)

Aromobates alboguttatus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates capurinensis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates duranti	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates haydeeae	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Aromobates leopardalis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates mayorgai	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates meridensis	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Aromobates molinarii	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates nocturnus	English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates ornatissimus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates orostoma	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates saltuensis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates serranus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Aromobates tokuko	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video

Genus Colostethus (23 species)

Colostethus agilis	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus alacris	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus argyrogaster	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus brachistriatus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus dunni	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus dysprosium	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus fraterdanieli	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus fugax	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus furviventris	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus imbricolus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus inguinalis	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus jacobuspetersi	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus latinasus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus lynchi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus mertensi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus panamansis	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus poecilonotus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus pratti	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Colostethus ramirezi	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus ruthveni	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus thorntoni	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus ucumari	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Colostethus yaguara	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video

Genus Dendrobates (5 species)

Dendrobates auratus	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Dendrobates leucomelas	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Dendrobates nubeculosus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Dendrobates tinctorius	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Dendrobates truncatus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Epipedobates (7 species)

Epipedobates anthonyi	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Epipedobates boulengeri	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Epipedobates darwinwallacei	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Epipedobates espinosai	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Epipedobates machalilla	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Epipedobates narinensis	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Epipedobates tricolor	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Excidobates (2 species)

Excidobates captivus	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Excidobates mysteriosus	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video

Genus Hyloxalus (59 species)

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

Genus Mannophryne (19 species)

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

Genus Minyobates (1 species)

Minyobates steyermarki

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Genus Oophaga (9 species)

Oophaga arborea	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Oophaga granulifera	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Oophaga histrionica	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Oophaga lehmanni	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Oophaga occultator	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Oophaga pumilio	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Oophaga speciosa	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Oophaga sylvatica	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Oophaga vicentei	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Phyllobates (5 species)

Phyllobates aurotaenia	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Phyllobates bicolor	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Phyllobates lugubris	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Phyllobates terribilis	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Phyllobates vittatus	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

Genus Ranitomeya (16 species)

Ranitomeya amazonica	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya benedicta	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ranitomeya cyanovittata	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya defleri	English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya fantastica	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya flavovittata	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya imitator	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya reticulata	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya sirensis	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya summersi	English account	no non-English account	photos	sound/video
Ranitomeya toraro	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya uakarii	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya vanzolinii	English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya variabilis	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya ventrimaculata	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Ranitomeya yavaricola	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video

Genus Rheobates (2 species)

Rheobates palmatus	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Rheobates pseudopalmatus	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video

Genus Silverstoneia (3 species)

Silverstoneia erasmios	no English account	no non-English account	no photos	no sound/video
Silverstoneia flotator	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video
Silverstoneia nubicola	no English account	no non-English account	photos	no sound/video

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