Vicente's poison frog

Vicente's poison frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Dendrobatidae
Genus:Oophaga
Species: O. vicentei
Binomial name
Oophaga vicentei
(Jungfer, Weygoldt & Juraske, 1996)
Synonyms

Dendrobates vicentei
Jungfer, Weygoldt & Juraske, 1996

Vicente's poison frog (Oophaga vicentei) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae that is endemic to the Veraguas and Coclé Provinces of central Panama.[2] It is a little known arboreal frog that inhabits humid tropical lowland and montane forest.

Vicente's poison frog breeds in arboreal vegetation, and the parents transport the tadpoles to vegetation-bound water pools in bromeliads to develop. As the generic name Oophaga indicates, this and related species also practice a particular form of oophagy, where the mother deposits special nutritive eggs for the larvae to consume.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Solís, F.; Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C. & Fuenmayor, Q. (2004). "Oophaga vicentei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55209A11267037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55209A11267037.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oophaga vicentei (Jungfer, Weygoldt, and Juraske, 1996)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Grant, Taran; Frost, Darrel R.; Caldwell, Janalee P.; Gagliardo, R. O. N.; Haddad, Celio FB; Kok, Philippe JR; Means, D. Bruce; Noonan, Brice P.; Schargel, Walter E.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2006: 177–179.


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