The Amphibian Foundation's Frog Blog

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Dendrobates tinctorius or # Okopipi as this gorgeous blue frog is known in #Suriname. One of the more aggressive morphs of D. tinctorius, not only have I witnessed murders between adult #Azureus frogs, but there is evidence these murders are pre meditated #BlueFrog #BluePoisonFrog #MurderFrog #Dendrobatidae #Dendrobates #AmphibianConservation #AmphibianConservationProgram #FrogsNeedOurHelp #SalamandersNeedourHelp #AtlantaBotanicalGardenConservation #EndangeredSpecies #AtlantaBG #FrogsOfInstagram #frogs #frog #ribbit #CaptiveBreeding #CaptiveBred #ExSitu #InSitu #CaptiveAssuranceColony

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Winnona Park Elementary School in Decatur, GA is the second school to participate in our Poison Frog Feeding Experiment. Using frogs ( Dendrobates tinctorius ) produced in our Amphibian Research and Captive Breeding Lab, second grade students are learning how to perform research, collect data and participate in a citizen science experiment. Recently, they have installed a webcam on one of the enclosures so they can see how the frogs are doing, and what they are up to, even on the weekends! If you would like to see, please click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stopp-frog-cam

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The Granular Glass frog | Cochranella granulosa is almost always sitting out, rather cooperatively in plain view The Costa Rica exhibit - can you spot the newly emerged Lemur froglet ? A close up of the last Lemur frog metamorph from the first batch of 12 larvae put on exhibit last January!  6 new tadpoles are now inhabiting the water feature at the front of the exhibit. Here is the Lemur froglet | Agalychnis lemur , moments out of the water. Black-legged poison frog | Phyllobates bicolor , surveying the feast of wingless fruit flies before it. One of the Green and Black Poison frogs | Dendrobates auratus posing for the camera. Although there are 5 of these on display in the Costa Rica exhibit, they are not always in view The Mimic Poison frog | Ranitomeya imitator from the Amazon Exhibit One of the salamanders in the Salamanders of Georgia exhibit. This Green salamander is probably the least reclusive of the ELEVEN salamanders residin...

Today in the Blue Frogs exhibit. At the time of the picture all of the exhibit inhabitants are in view.

Bufo conifera | Green spiny toad perched all day. Sipaliwini morph of Dendrobates tinctorius | Dyeing poison frog 'The committee' of Phyllobates sp.

' Giant Orange ' morph of Dendrobates tinctorius ' Sipaliwini ' morph of D. tinctorius The ' Azureus ' morph (middle) of D. tinctorius   a tinct showdown Robert and I finally had the chance to build and exhibit together this past Monday. It seems the poison frogs in our new Okipipi exhibit are settling in nicely. They were out all day today foraging and figuring out who's spot was who's. There are many 'morphs' or variations of Dendrobates tinctorius , depending on where they occur in South America. The ' Cobalt ' morph is the predominant color variation, occurring throughout most of its range. It is also the nominate morph, meaning the species was originally described from the Cobalts (see below) The ' Cobalt ' morph of D. tinctorius

One of the Dendrobates tinctorius varieties we have in our Okipipi exhibit — the Azureus morph Every Saturday morning @ 11,  we host a frog feeding and informal talk where visitors of all ages are encouraged to attend. We have an assortment of bugs to offer the frogs in each exhibit, and an Amphibian Discovery Cart with materials and information about frogs; including information regarding some of the problems these animals are facing and why they need conservation programs such as ours. Most of the time, we get between 50 and 100 visitors during the event, and it's exciting to see so many amphibian enthusiasts! Our 2 Poison frog exhibits are popular with visitors as the frogs are active and not afraid to be watched.   Our Frogs of Panama exhibit has more frogs on display than any other, but it takes time to spot all 4 species. I like to start the talk with the Poison frogs , specifically our Phyllobates exhibit ' Colombia's Terrible Trio '...