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CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN POISONOUS
FROGS
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Phyllobates aurotaenia
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Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Phyllobates
Species: aurotaenia
Common Names
Kokoe Poison-Arrow Frog , Kokoe Poison Frog , Kokoe
Countries
Colombia
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Species Distribution Map
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Taxonomy and Biology
Adult length: 23mm
Description
Head and body dorsum is black with a pair of narrow to broad, golden
yellow to golden orange ( occasionally greenish yellow ) dorsolateral
stripes that commence on the snout ( usually continuous around the snout
), pass over the eyes and extend to the posterior body. Traces of a
similar vertebral stripe may also be present. Arms and legs are black,
finely spotted or dotted with green to blue. Head venter is mainly black
with some blue or green spotting. Ventral body surface is black finely
spotted or dotted with green or blue.
Habitat
Lowland humid rainforest up to an elevation of about 1000 metres but
most common up to an elevation of about 600 metres.
Habits
Diurnal and terrestrial frog.
Prey
Feeds mainly on ants.
Poison Activity
Poison Type: Batrachotoxins, Histrionicotoxins,
Pumiliotoxins, Decahydroquinolines, Indolizidines
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