Exhibit Update ...

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One of our new exhibit animals (Dendrobates tinctorius azureus) donated by the Georgia Aquarium 
These beautiful frogs are getting used to their new habitat in the Fuqua Conservatory lobby
Weekend visitors looking for frogs after I told them there were 17 frogs and 4 tadpoles in this Costa Rica exhibit. There is a newly metamorphosed Lemur froglet in the center of the image.
There are 11 critically endangered Lemur frogs (Agalychnis lemur) in the Costa Rica exhibit. Two of them (pictured above) are metamorphs, meaning they were recently tadpoles. Lemur frogs sleep under leaves — you can see how they would be impossible to find from the front of the exhibit.

Here is a video of two of our adult Lemur frogs, in amplexus on exhibit. If you watch and listen closely, you can here the male (the one on her back) calling!

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  1. BufobuffoJune 15, 2013 at 7:12 AM

    Excuse me, i've got a question about dendrobatidae : Is Dendrobates Pumilio the only species whose females carry tadpoles on their backs, or not ?
    Thanks

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  2. Mark MandicaJune 17, 2013 at 12:19 PM

    Thanks, Ivan ... Dendrobates pumilio (now Oophaga pumilio) like most frogs in the dendrobatidae family transport their larvae to a suitable aquatic environment after hatching. Often times, it is the female but sometimes it can be the male. If I remember correctly, larvae can be transported by either in O. pumilio, but is most often it is the female ...

    Thanks for your question! I find parental care in frogs—and particularly Poison frogs— fascinating

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