Aromobatidae (lat.) - a family of tailless amphibians that live in South America . It is a sister group in relation to the family of tree frogs [1] , but, unlike them, are not poisonous. At the same time, some taxonomists include this family into the family of poison frogs [2] .
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Description
Morphologically and ethologically very similar to their sister group - poison frogs . In contrast, they do not have toxic glands and therefore are not toxic. Also, they have a less bright color [3] .
Lifestyle
They live in the rainforests . In the Andes, they colonize the lowest elevations with this type of vegetation. Rheobates penetrate to a height of more than 2000 m above sea level . In the Amazon and eastern Brazil, distribution is also concentrated in tropical rainforests. Active during the day (with the exception of Aromobates nocturnus ) and lead a land-based lifestyle. Some representatives prefer to live near the banks of the rivers, others - away [4] .
Reproduction
Most species lay small egg clutches in underground nests. After hatching, one of the parents (usually a male, and for striped-bellied tree frogs - only females) transfers tadpoles on their back to small reservoirs (mainly standing), where they develop to metamorphosis under the protection of their parents [3] .
Distribution
The range covers the mountain slopes of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador on the Pacific coast, the eastern slopes of the Andes of Venezuela and Bolivia , southern Nicaragua and Colombia , as well as the entire Amazonian region and the Atlantic forest of Brazil .
Classification
As of October 2018, the family includes 3 subfamilies, 5 genera and 123 species [1] [5] :
Allobatinae Grant et al., 2006
- Allobates Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988 ( 53 species )
Anomaloglossinae Grant et al., 2006
- Anomaloglossus Grant et al. , 2006 ( 29 species )
- Rheobates Grant et al. , 2006 ( 2 types )
- Rheobates palmatus (Werner, 1899) - Webbed Dart frog
- Rheobates pseudopalmatus (Rivero & Serna, 2000)
Aromobatinae Grant et al., 2006 (37 species)
- Aromobates Myers, Paolillo-O. & Daly, 1991 ( 18 species )
- Aromobates alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1903 - Transcendental Dart frog )
- Aromobates cannatellai Barrio-Amorós & Santos, 2012
- Aromobates capurinensis (Péfaur, 1993)
- Aromobates duranti (Péfaur, 1985)
- Aromobates ericksonae Barrio-Amorós & Santos, 2012
- Aromobates haydeeae (Rivero, 1978) - Chestnut Dart frog
- Aromobates leopardalis (Rivero, 1978) - Leopard Dart frog
- Aromobates mayorgai (Rivero, 1980) - Venezuelan poison frog
- Aromobates meridensis (Dole & Durant, 1972)
- Aromobates molinarii (La Marca, 1985)
- Aromobates nocturnus Myers, Paolillo-O. & Daly, 1991
- Aromobates ornatissimus Barrio-Amorós, Rivero & Santos, 2011
- Aromobates orostoma (Rivero, 1978) - Mountain Dart frog
- Aromobates saltuensis (Rivero, 1980) - The Humble Dart frog
- Aromobates serranus (Péfaur, 1985)
- Aromobates tokuko Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero & Barrio-Amorós, 2011
- Aromobates walterarpi La Marca & Otero-López, 2012
- Aromobates zippeli Barrio-Amorós & Santos, 2012
- Mannophryne La Marca, 1992 ( 20 species )
Incertae sedis :
- Prostherapis dunni Rivero, 1961 - Dunnolaz Dunn
Photo
Striped-bellied Dart frog
Anomaloglossus stepheni
Webbed Dart frog
Striped-chested Dart frog
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Frost DR Aromobatidae . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
- ↑ Amphibia Web. Dendrobatidae . Provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy
- ↑ 1 2 Vitt LJ, Caldwell JP Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles . Third Edition. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA: Academic Press, 2009. xiv + 697 p. P. 460-462
- ↑ Aromobatidae . David Knight (2009).
- ↑ Source of Russian names: Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N. L. The bilingual dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988. - S. 47-50. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
Literature
- Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006: Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, p. 1-262.