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Poison Frogs - Species - Dendrobates Speciosus

Discovery	Schmidt, 1857, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 24: 12.
Type locality	Cloud forests on 1140-1410 m elevation on the eastern part of the Cordillera de Talamanca in western Panama.
Holotype	The syntypes: KM 1017/1345 (9 specimens) are located in the Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Jagiellon~skiego in Kraków, Poland, but are lost according to Savage, 1970, Proc. (1970, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences; San Francisco, (4)38: 273-288), who noted one additional syntype in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. Coming from Häupl and Tiedemann, (1978, Typenkatalog der Herpetologischen Sammlung, Kataloge der Wissenschaftlichen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Vienna, Austria, Vert. 1: 16) and Häupl and Tiedemann (1978, Typenkatalog der Herpetologischen Sammlung, Kataloge der Wissenschaftlichen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Vienna, Austria, Vert. 1: 16), recorded two specimens, NHMW 16518 and 16513, as syntypes. Type locality: "Neu-Granada"; restricted to "der Weg zwischen Bocca del toro und dem Vulcan Chiriqui [Panama]...zwischen 5000' und 7000' [Polish feet, therefore = 1150-1160 m, according to Savage (1970, Proc. California Acad. Sci., (4)38: 273-288) Höhe" by Schmidt (1858, Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 14: 249).
Etymology
Classification	In the Dendrobates pumilio group of Silverstone (1975); in the Dendrobates histrionicus group of Myers, Daly, and Martínez, 1984, Am. Mus. Novit., 2783: 19. See accounts by Savage, 1968, Copeia, 1968: 763, Silverstone, 1975, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Cty., 21: 39. See also, Edwards, Daly, and Myers, 1988, Journal of Natural Products, 51: 1188-1189.
Synonymy	Dutch name: glanzende gifkikker English name: Splendid Poison Frog - Hylaplesia speciosa-- Günther, G. C. L. G. 1859 "1858". Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, London pp.: 126. - Dendrobates speciosus--Savage, 1968, Copeia, 1968: 763; Silverstone, 1975, Science Bulletin. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 21: 11.
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Physical description	Size 19-24mm. D. speciosus can be distinguished by there even shiny red colouring over the whole of the body, a black pattern is not or barely visible.
Distribution	Cloud forest at 1140-1410 m at eastern end of Cordillera de Talamanca in western Panama.
Biotope
Care and breeding	Dendrobates speciosus is a difficult species to keep, since they are very sensitive. The can be handled just like Dendrobates Pumilio, the vivarium will have to be a minimum size of 60 cm high to offer enough possibilities to climb. The larvae are raised on non-fertilised eggs laid by the female, which are almost never produced in captivity. D. speciosus requires all day 100% humidity at a temperature of 22 - 24°C. The call lasts 7-60 seconds of about 3-4 pitches per second.
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