Poison Frogs - Species - Dendrobates Azureus

Discovery	M.S. Hoogmoed, (1969)
Classification	Dendrobates Azureus, belongs to the Dendrobates tinctorius group ( also dendrobates tinctorius and D. galactonotus), genus : dendrobates, Family : dendrobatidae, Order : Anurans, Class : Amphibians
Geography	South - Surinam, Western slope of the "vier gebroeders" ( four brothers ) mountains in the east of the Sipaliwini plains, an extremely small area ( pink dot on the map ).
Biotope	In the neighbourhood of small streams, together with large moss-grown boulders on forest islands, between 315 and 430 m above sea level.
Care and conditions	Required space is at larger than usual at least 50 liter per specimen, they are best kept in groups of 2 - 3. 2 male, 1 female provides the best breeding results, since females are more agressive and territorial towards each other than males ! The temperature should be high, around 27 degrees Celcius during the day. During the night the temperature can drop up to 20 degrees Celsius. Humidity should be high more than 90%. Water temperature should be 25 degrees C
Personal experience	The frogs are indeed the most astonishing frogs available, the colour is extremely unreal. The back is spotted and sometimes dark sometimes lighter. The colour is deep azur-blue. They have a good appetite and eat fast and quickly, the frogs i have are all about are now in the big vivarium 1 year old, mature and egg-laying ( March 2005 ) and are more slender than the leucomelas. Unlike the other frogs i have, these frogs show a sometimes a walking pattern instead of hopping, i am not sure if this is typical for the tinctorius group but it is nice to see ( in the small film some of this walking is catched ). They use the whole vivarium, also the higher levels almost up to the top, which is more than i expected from this mainly ground dwelling species. They are fast eaters and have a great appetite, although they are large frogs, they like the smaller fruit flies more over the larger types. The 4 seem to recognise each other since they group together most of the time, and surely during the evening in the left side of the vivarium. They do not sleep in the bromelaids so far, like the leucomelas do, but hide away in the evening below some wood or plants.
Film	dendrobates azureus film, 594 KB, 9/10/01 Start Dendrobates Azureus film
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