Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
La Brea Poison Frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species lives mainly on the ground
in undisturbed, lowland rainforest,
but it can also be found perching
on leaves at different levels above
the ground. There are no degraded habitats
within its tiny known
range
, and so its adaptability
to secondary habitats is unknown.
There is no information on its breeding habits, but it is likely
to be similar to Dendrobates histrionicus, where the eggs
are laid on the ground, and the larvae are transported to bromeliads
by the female.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Subfamily:
Dendrobatinae
()
- Genus:
Oophaga
()
- Bauer, 1994
- Specific name:
occultator
- (Myers and Daly, 1976)
- Scientific name: - Oophaga occultator (Myers and Daly, 1976)
- Specific name:
occultator
- (Myers and Daly, 1976)
- Genus:
Oophaga
(
- Subfamily:
Dendrobatinae
(
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Dendrobates occultator
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This species is considered to be a derivative of Oophaga histrionica
by Myers and Daly (1976).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oophaga
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. arborea (Polkadot Poison Frog) · O. granulifera (Granular Poison Frog) · O. histrionica (Harlequin Poison Frog) · O. lehmanni (Lehmann's Poison Frog) · O. occultator (La Brea Poison Frog) · O. pumilio (Strawberry Poison Frog) · O. speciosa (Splendid Poison Frog) · O. vicentei (Vicente's Poison Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Lötters, S., Glaw, F., Kohler, J. and Castro, F. 1999. On the geographic variation of the advertisement call of Dendrobates histrionicus Berthold, 1845 and related forms from north-western South America (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Herpetozoa: 23-38.
- Myers, C.W. and Daly, J.W. 1976. Preliminary Evaluation of Skin Toxins and vocalization in taxonomic and Evolutionary Studies of Poison Dart Frogs (Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 177-262.
- Myers, C.W., Daly, J.W. and Martinez, V. 1984. An arboreal poison frog (Dendrobates) from western Panama. American Museum of Natural History Novitates: 1-20.
- Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 1999. Anfibios y Reptiles amenazados de extinción en Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales: 475-497.
- Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Lynch, J.D. 1996. Lista actualizada de la fauna de Amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales: 365-415.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 3, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-774034
- IUCN ID: 228162
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4294117
Footnotes
- Wilmar Bolívar, Fernando Castro, Stefan Lötters 2004. Oophaga occultator. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
