Adelphobates

Adelphobates
Adelphobates castaneoticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Subfamily:	Dendrobatinae
Genus:	Adelphobates Grant et al., 2006 [1]
Type species
Adelphobates castaneoticus (Caldwell and Myers, 1990)
Species
3 species (see text)

Adelphobates is a small genus of poison dart frogs. They are found in the central and lower Amazon basin of Peru and Brazil, possibly Bolivia. ^[2] It was originally erected as a sister group to the Dendrobates and Oophaga genera. ^[1] The validity of the genus is still being discussed, with the alternative being "Dendrobates galactonotus group" within Dendrobates . ^[2] One species originally placed in this genus as Adelphobates captivus has since been moved to the genus Excidobates erected in 2008. ^[3]

Etymology

Adelphobates is from the Ancient Greek, adelphos (brother or twin) and bates (walker or climber)."Brothers" refers to Charles W. Myers and John W. Daly, two unrelated scientists directly involved with studies of the species. ^[1]

Biology

All members have conspicuous, vibrant coloration, and smooth skin. ^[1] A peculiar feature of their reproduction is that tadpoles are transported to Brazil nut capsules lying on the forest floor. Cannibalism may result if more than one tadpole ends up in the same capsule. ^[4]

Poison

All poison frogs are toxic and noxious. Like frogs of the genus Dendrobates, Adelphobates contain Pumiliotoxin 251D, which is hydroxylated to Allopumiliotoxin 267A, which is 5 times more toxic. The median lethal dose is 200 μg/kg and 40 μg/kg respectively. ^{[5] [6]}

Species

There are three species: ^{[2] [7]}

Genus Adelphobates – Hodgson, 1838 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Brazil-nut poison frog	Adelphobates castaneoticus (Caldwell and Myers, 1990)	State of Pará in Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Splash-backed poison frog or splashback poison frog	Adelphobates galactonotus (Steindachner, 1864)	Southern Amazon Basin in Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Amazonian poison frog	Adelphobates quinquevittatus (Steindachner, 1864)	Southern Amazon Basin in Brazil and Bolivia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Grant, Taran; Frost, Darrel R.; Caldwell, Janalee P.; Gagliardo, Ron; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Kok, Philippe J.R.; Means, D. Bruce; Noonan, Brice P.; Schargel, Walter E.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 299: 1–262. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)299[1:PSODFA]2.0.CO;2.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Adelphobates Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Excitobates Twomey and Brown, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
4. Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 490.
5. Daly, John W.; Ware, Nathaniel; Saporito, Ralph A.; Spande, Thomas F.; Garraffo, H. Martin (June 2009). "N-Methyldecahydroquinolines: An Unexpected Class of Alkaloids from Amazonian Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae)". Journal of Natural Products. 72 (6): 1110–1114. doi:10.1021/np900094v. ISSN   0163-3864. PMC   3290094 . PMID   19432407.
6. Schulte, Bruce A.; Goodwin, Thomas E.; Ferkin, Michael H. (2015-12-09). Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13. Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-22026-0.
7. "Dendrobatidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

External links

Data related to Adelphobates at Wikispecies