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Vicente's poison frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Oophaga

Higher classification
  
Poison-dart Frogs

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dendrobatidae

Scientific name
  
Dendrobates vicentei

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Frog, Poison dart frog, Poison‑dart Frogs, Amphibians, Polkadot poison frog

Vicente's poison frog (Oophaga vicentei) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family that is endemic to the Veraguas and Coclé Provinces of central Panama. 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.

References

Vicente's poison frog Wikipedia


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