Oophaga pumilio: Strawberry Poison Frog

            Adult from the Rio Indio, Nicaragua.

“In contrast with these obscurely coloured species, another little frog hops about in the daytime dressed in a bright livery of red and blue. He cannot be mistaken for any other, and his flaming vest and blue stockings show that he does not court concealment. He is very abundant in the damp woods, and I was convinced he was uneatable as soon as I made his acquaintance ands aw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. I took a few specimens home with me, and tried my fowls and ducks with them; but none would touch them. At last,  by throwing them down pieces of meat, for which there was a great competition amongst them, I managed to entice a young duck into snatching up one of the little frogs. Instead of swallowing it, however, it instantly threw it out of its mouth, and went about jerking its head as if trying to throw off some unpleasant taste.” Thomas Belt, “A Naturalist in Nicaragua”, 1874.

These frogs were incredibly abundant in both natural and somewhat disturbed areas around the Rio San Juan and Rio Indio. The Rio Indio is the type locality of Dendrobates ignitus, now considered a junior synonym of O. pumilio. This species is named for its unique and extreme parental care; females give infertile eggs to tadpoles for food.

Taken on: April 7, 2012

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