| Discovery |
Steindachner, 1864, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 14: 260.
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| Type locality |
"Rio do Muría bei Sitio do S'Pedro Gurção, nördlich von Vigia zur F. reguezia [= Freguenzia]", Pará, Brazil.
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| Holotype |
Holotype (NHMW 19189) is to be found in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
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| Etymology |
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| Classification |
Closely related to D. tinctorius and D. auratus and is a member of the Dendrobates tinctorius group.
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| Synonymy |
English name: Splash-Backed Poison Frog
Dendrobates paraensis Boulenger, 1914 "1913", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1913: 1028-29. Syntypes: BM (8 specimens) in het British Museum in London. Type locality: "Para", Brazil. Synonym van Silverstone, 1975, Science Bulletin. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 21: 11; Silverstone, 1975, 21: 27.
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| History |
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| Physical description |
Size 30-40mm. The colouring is usually black with a yellow or orange "splashed" back, like a paint has been dropped on his back. The colouring on the back can vary from yellow via orange and (red)brown to black.
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| Distribution |
Lowland forests of southern tributaries of the Amazon, from the Rio Tapajós east to the mouth of the Amazon, Brazil.
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| Biotope |
The lowest layers of the forest where little light reaches the ground.
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| Care and breeding |
Dendrobates Galactonotus is a ground dweller, that can easily be kept in a vivarium of 60x40x40 cm with a temperature between 25 and 27°C. The light is for these frogs not really important. They lay about 12 eggs. Care is similar to the care of Dendrobates tinctorius.
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