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The Silverstone’s poison frog is a large, endangered Dendrobatid red or orange frog with black spotting. This bright coloration deters predators as well as the frog’s toxic alkaloid skin secretions. Males use a vocal sac to making trilling calls that attract females, then guard the eggs and carry them to water after hatching.

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Free-For-All: Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 31, 2020September 18, 2021 by Noelle M. Brooks in Art, Free-For-All, Updates

Faisal Kubba depicted the Silverstone’s poison frog as a performer of Kabuki theatre with a tadpole riding on its back. With clean lines and textured brushstrokes, Faisal was able to depict the frog’s granular skin and distinct markings.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 31, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Further research is needed into the distribution, population status, ecology, and threats affecting the Silverstone's poison frog, especially with regards to the impact of illegal trade.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 30, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Silverstone's poison frog tadpoles are grayish-brown with insignificant, keratinized, V-shaped beaks and delicately toothed mouths.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 29, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Teeth are present on the Silverstone's poison frog's maxillary arch.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 28, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

There have been no observations or records of Silverstone's poison frog courtship.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 27, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

In the past, the Silverstone's poison frog's habitat had been somewhat protected, but conservation of other areas is required, as is enforcement on smuggling activities.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 26, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is a target for illegal collection and is consistently smuggled for the international pet trade, via Pucallpa in the Ucayali Region.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 25, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Silverstone's poison frogs are wary and usually quick to hide, and seem to have some preference for edge situations.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 24, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The upper third of the Silverstone's poison frog's iris is pale bronze with some black suffusion, turning black on the lower two-thirds, with possible minute bronze flecking.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 23, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

There is little sexual dimorphism in the Silverstone's poison frog, except in size, as females max at 42.8 mm. in snouth-vent length and males max at 38.3 mm.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 22, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Female silverstone's poison frogs lay about 30 eggs terrestrially in a closely packed single layer underneath leaves and leaf-litter.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 21, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Unlike the gray or blackish-colored flesh of most Dedrobates and Phyloobates, the Silverstone's poison frog has pinkish white flesh when freshly skinned.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog Trivia

Posted on August 20, 2020January 28, 2021 by Noelle M. Brooks in Trivia, Updates

Do you think you know the Silverstone's poison frog? Test your knowledge of Silverstone's poison frog FaunaFacts with this trivia quiz!

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 20, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The male Silverstone's poison frog guards the eggs until they hatch, then carries them on his back to a suitable ephemeral pool where the tadpoles develop until metamorphosis.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 19, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Due to harvesting of the Silverstone's poison frog for the pet trade, the population is thought to be decreasing.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 18, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

When he reaches sexual maturity, a male Silverstone's poison frog uses the subgular vocal sac in his throat and vocal slits in the mouth to make mating trills to attract females.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 17, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

There is interpopulational variation in the color pattern of the Silverstone's poison frog, and perhaps also in the ontogenetic development of the pattern.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 16, 2020August 20, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog's circular tympanum, or eardrum, is concealed post-dorsally and is greater than 50% of the eye.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 15, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Due to the constantly wet climate, Silverstone's poison frogs probably breed throughout the year and females are assumed to lay eggs more than once a year.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 14, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog's fingers are flattened and have small, expanded discs at the tips with no webbing between the digits.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 13, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is threatened by agriculture, habitat destruction, and illegal smuggling for the international pet trade.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 12, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

Prior to the Silverstone's poison frog's official description in 1979 as Ameerega silverstonei, it was known under incorrect names, such as Phyllobates bicolor or Epipedobates silverstonei.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 11, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is "Endangered" due to its small, declining, threat-defined range and continuing decline of mature individuals due to illegal harvesting.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 10, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The skin of the Silverstone's poison frog's lower body and hind limbs is coarsely granular, gradually smoothing out in the skin of the head, forelimbs and ventral surfaces.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 9, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is not a migrant.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 8, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is known to be distasteful to snakes, but not much more is known of the frog's predators.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 7, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog's hind limbs are moderately long and the toe discs tend to be slightly wider than the finger discs.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

To defend against predators, the Silverstone's poison frog's skin secretions contain small amounts of pumiliotoxin-A alkaloids that lack great potency.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 5, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog's head is generally as wide as the body and is characterized with a sloping and rounded snout.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 4, 2020August 3, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog gains its brightly orange, red, and black colors at 1 year of age to deter potential predators.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 3, 2020August 2, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is endemic to the Cordillera Azul mountain range on the eastern side of the high Andes, Huánuco Region in Peru and can be found at elevations from 1,200-1,800 m. above sea level.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 2, 2020August 6, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFacts

The Silverstone's poison frog is a diurnal, terrestrial and freshwater species that is found among the leaf litter of subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and wetlands.

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Silverstone's Poison Frog

August 2020: Silverstone’s Poison Frog

Posted on August 1, 2020November 10, 2020 by Noelle M. Brooks in FaunaFocus, Updates

Silverstone's Poison Frog (Ameerega silverstonei)

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