| Discovery | Cope, 1861 "1860", Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 12: 372 as Phyllobates truncatus. |
| Type locality | "New Grenada" (= Colombia). |
| Holotype | The syntypes of Phyllobates truncatus under number: ANSP 2251-52 are located at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, USA according to Malnate, 1971, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 123: 353. |
| Etymology | |
| Classification | Although not commenly shared D. truncatus can be seen as a member of the Dendrobates tinctorius group and has been succesfully interbred with leucomelas and tinctorius. |
| Synonymy | English name: Yellow-Striped Poison Frog - Phyllobates truncatus Cope, 1861 "1860", Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 12: 372. - Hylaplesia trunctata--Cope, 1863, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 15: 49. - Dendrobates truncatus--Cope, 1867, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, (2)6: 197. |
| History | |
| Physical description | Size about 45 mm |
| Distribution | Río Magdalena drainage from Chaparral north to the Caribbean coast, and in the lowlands around the northern ends of the central and western Andes, west to the Golfo de Urabá, Colombia, 530-800 m elevation. |
| Biotope | The frogs can be found in bamboo near small streams. Sometimes in the full sunlight in day temperature of 30°C. |
| Care and breeding | A spacey vivarium of 45 x 45 x 30 cm for three frogs, with a lot of plants, leave litter and pieces of wood with a day temperature of 28°C dropping at night to 20°C with high humidity. |
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