Adelphobates quinquevittatus

Dendrobates quinquevittatus, classified by alternative taxonomy as Dendrobates quinquevittatus, is a Froschlurch from the family of poison dart frog ( Dendrobatidae ).

Features

Dendrobates quinquevittatus belongs to the small poison dart frogs with a maximum body length of about 16 mm. The basic color of the animal is a shiny black lacquer with three white stripes on the top and two on the bottom. The legs are gray, greenish or orange with black spots. The variability in the type is very low.

Dissemination

The distribution area of Dendrobates quinquevittatus is distributed in the border area of Brazil and Peru, south of the Amazon. The Terra typica the first description was Salto de Jirau state of Rondônia, Brazil.

Way of life

Dendrobates quinquevittatus is diurnal. He stays mainly in the leaves of the floor or ground at low altitudes, very rarely it is found in higher trees. He is an insectivore and feeds mainly on ants and termites.

During the mating season the males call out to the females; they can not make any calls. After hatching, the tadpoles after 10 to 14 days, these from the mother individually in small pools of water, for example, in tree hollows ( phytotelmata ) or nut shells are to be shipped, where they feed on insect larvae, tadpoles and other plant material.

System

Dendrobates quinquevittatus was originally described as a species of the genus Dendrobates. The genus Dendrobates was founded in 2006 by Grant et al. introduced as part of a comprehensive revision of the poison dart frog.

A. quinquevittatus was used as Dendrobates quinquevittatus long time as a collective name for different types and included different Dendrobates species of Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. After the identification of individual species, these were placed together in a Artkomplex and as Dendrobates quinquevittatus sl referred to. In 1990, a redescription of the species and thus a clear differentiation from other species; in the same publication was (formerly D. castaneoticus ) first described and is now placed in the relationship of A. quinquevittatus and D. ventrimaculatus, Ranitomeya ventrimaculata, also A. castaneoticus. The latter was defined by genetic studies of the present Dendrobates species in 2003, at the same time was the previously slammed in the relationship area of Dendrobates tinctorius suspected A. galactonotus the group.

Endangering

Dendrobates quinquevittatus is classified because of its relatively wide distribution area and the presumed large population in the IUCN Red List as not at risk ( "Least Concern" ).