Poison Frogs - Species - Dendrobates Fantasticus


Discovery 1884 Boulenger, 1883, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883: 635 638 [636].
Type locality Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, [Loreto,] northern Peru.
Holotype The syntypes (BM 1947.2.15.1-4; BM 1947.2.15.4) are in the British Museum (Natural History, London, United Kingdom. Designated lectotype by Silverstone, 1975, Science Bulletin; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 21: 35.
Etymology
Classification D. fantasticus is a member of the quinquevittatus group.
Synonymy English name: Red-Headed Poison Frog
History
Physical description Size is about 16 - 25mm the males are smaller then the females. Dendrobates fantasticus is closely related to D. ventrimaculatus and D. reticulates. The base is black to dark grey with a clear webbing. The head and throat are orange red with black spots that can divide the head in two.
Distribution Northern Peru in the Andean mountain in the province of San Martin, 500 - 800 meter elevation.
Biotope Leave and tree dweller that is mainly to be found in bromeliads.
Care and breeding Breeding is comparable to D. imitator. The vivarium should be high with epiphytes and bromeliads. A temperature of 25-27°C during the day and a humidity of 90%, the temperature can drop at night to about 22°C. The call is barely audible. When the male has attracted the female, the couple will look for a suitable oviposit place together, the male makes strange robot-like movements during this process. The 4 to 6 eggs are laid on a horizontal surface in a hollow, this can be a petri dish under half a coconut, a horizontal leave or horizontally placed plastic film boxes. The larvae have to be raised separately for they are cannibalistic. D. fantasticus is a very shy frog that has a tendency to panic.
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