Poison Frogs - Species - Dendrobates Sylvaticus

Discovery	Funkhouser, 1956, Zoologica, New York, 41: 73.
Type locality	"Hacienda Espinosa, elevation about 1,000 ft., 9 km. west of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Province of Pichincha, north-western Ecuador".
Holotype	The holotype: CAS-SU 10568 is located in the Stanford University collection.
Etymology
Classification
Synonymy
History	Based on some observations in Colombia and Ecuador, Lötters, Glaw, Köhler and Castro (in Herpetozoa 12 p 23-38) revealed an ancient name to separate the northern and southern populations of Dendrobates histrionicus. The northern populations are still called histrionicus. The separation is based on characteristics of the call and seems to include minor colour variations. The disorderly pattern of the southern populations vary from the northern populations with their clearly visible spots.
Physical description
Distribution	Colombia and Ecuador
Biotope
Care and breeding	They can be kept at a temperature of 23-25°C.
Foto's	The foto's published here with permission from © Jan Verkade, from his CD Herpetofauna Ecuador
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