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CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICAN POISONOUS
FROGS
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Dendrobates altobueyensis
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Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Dendrobates
Species: altobueyensis
Common Names
Golden Poison-Arrow Frog , Golden Poison Frog , Alto del Buey
Poison Frog
Countries
Colombia
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Species Distribution Map
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Taxonomy and Biology
Adult length: 15mm
Description
Head dorsum, body dorsum, flanks arm and legs are greenish yellow
with or without a peppering of small black spots. Head venter and ventral
surface body colour is yellow with or without some small black spots.
Habitat
Summit of Alto del Buey formerly moist forest now covered with secondary
growth ( grasses and ferns ) at an elevation between about 950 to 1100
metres.
Habits
Diurnal and terrestrial frog.
Prey
No information available
Poison Activity
Poison Type: Pumiliotoxins, Quinolizidines
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