Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Dendrobates auratus
(Girard, 1855)
den-droh-BAT-ees — our-awt-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to southern Nicaragua, south to Colombia. It is established in the canyons above Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i (McKeown, 1996, Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.03.29.21.29.03)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Hawaii
First instance(s) of published English names:
Gold Arrow-poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus: Cochran, Doris M. 1961. Living Amphibians of the World. Doubleday, Garden City, New York. pp.); Green and Black Poison Frog (Dendrobates auratus: Frank, N. and E. Ramus. 1995. Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of the World. N. G. Publishing Inc., Pottsville, Pennsylvania. pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1855
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Girard, Charles. Abstract of a report to Lieut. James M. Gilliss, U.S.N., upon the reptiles collected during the U.S.N. Astronomical Expedition to Chili. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:226
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1996
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McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.
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2005
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Lannoo, Michael (Editor) Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. University fo California Press, Berkeley. 1115pp.
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2013
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Zug, George R. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press., Berkeley. pp.
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2022
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Meshaka, Walter E. Jr., R. Bruce Bury, Suzanne L. Collins, and Malcolm L. McCallum. Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 245pp.
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