I came across a few of these while hiking in Tayrona National Park in northeast Colombia. I haven't found out what kind it is from my searching on the internet. Any ideas?
Terry
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Need an ID for this Colombian frog.
terrylove
Jun 21, 2009 01:24 PM
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amazonreptile
Jun 22, 2009 03:53 PM
>>I came across a few of these while hiking in Tayrona National Park in northeast Colombia. I haven't found out what kind it is from my searching on the internet. Any ideas?
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>>Terry
Hi Terry;
My immediate thought was "man that looks like a very cool Dendrobates auratus! But, auratus does not come from Colombia".
So I did a bit of digging (googling really) and found this. Amphibiaweb does say D. auratus is indeed found in Colombia.
I do not know the region where your park is located. It is possibly on the Panama side of the Andes? If so, then perhaps I got lucky!
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amazonreptile
Jun 22, 2009 04:16 PM
OK. I googled further.
#1)The park is West of the Andeas and may share wildlife with Central America.
#2) Cover the body of the animal and look at just the legs in the first pic.
That is definitely dendrobates auratus!
all the best.
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terrylove
Jun 23, 2009 11:16 PM
Thanks for the reply. I found a couple there with the same coloration and pattern. It's nice to know what they were.
Terry
hecktick_punker
Jul 06, 2009 04:40 AM
This looks like Dendrobates truncatus
>>I came across a few of these while hiking in Tayrona National Park in northeast Colombia. I haven't found out what kind it is from my searching on the internet. Any ideas?
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otis07
Jul 10, 2009 11:34 PM
That doesn't look like an auratus to me, unless its an undescribed locale. It looks like a truncatus.
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