Browsing by Subject "Dendrobatidae"
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An investigation of alkaloid sequestration by the poison frog Dendrobates auratus when fed the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)Poison frogs are known for their bright coloration, parental care, and defensive toxins. Over 850 different alkaloids have been discovered in the skin of poison frogs. The alkaloid defenses are acquired from a specialized ... -
Arrangement of dermal chromatophore units in a polymorphic species, Ranitomeya imitator
(East Carolina University, 2021-12-03)In the 1980s, Rainer Schulte became the first to describe a species of poison frog living in the Amazon rainforest: Ranitomeya imitator. Schulte's classification of R. imitator as a single species sparked immediate ... -
BIPARENTAL CARE AND THE EVOLUTION OF MONOGAMY IN A PERUVIAN POISON FROG (RANITOMEYA IMITATOR: DENDROBATIDAE)
(East Carolina University, 2012)Selection for biparental care is considered to be an important factor in the evolution of monogamy if the value of exclusive cooperation in care for mutual offspring outweighs the benefits of polygamy for either sex. ... -
DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN THE BRAINS OF BEGGING POISON FROG TADPOLES
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)Parents often rely on offspring signals to adequately allocate resources to dependent offspring. The mimic poison frog, Ranitomeya imitator, has evolved elaborate parental care behaviors to raise their young. Their tadpoles ... -
Visual mate choice in poison frogs.
(East Carolina University, 1999-11-07)We investigated female mate choice on the basis of visual cues in two populations of Dendrobates pumilio, the strawberry poison frog, from the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in Panama, Central America. Mate choice experiments ...