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Oophaga pumilio (Schmidt, 1857)
Strawberry Poison Frog
family: Dendrobatidae
subfamily: Dendrobatinae
genus: Oophaga
Species Description: Schmidt, O. 1857. Diagnosen neuer Frösche des zoologischen Cabinets zu Krakau. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 24: 10–15.
 
Etymology: In 2011, the genus Dendrobates was subdivided into seven genera, including the new genus Oophaga by Brown et al. (2011). The origin of the genus name, "Oophaga", comes from the Greek words, "oon" and "phagein", meaning "egg" and "eat", respectively (Ortiz et al. 2018).

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Locality Rio Palmas
County
State
Country Costa Rica
Date Recorded 2005-03-12
Call Type Mating call
Temperature (F/C)
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Background Can hear water in background.
Notes
Recorded By Peter Janzen
Source
Copyright For commercial use, contact Peter Janzen (pjanzen@gmx.de).
Date Entered 2005-07-07

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Locality Chiriqui Grande
County
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Country Panama
Date Recorded
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Notes filmed on a plantation near the city of Chiriqui Grande
Recorded By Peter Janzen
Source
Copyright Peter Janzen
Date Entered 2009-08-09

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Locality Rio Palmas
County
State
Country Costa Rica
Date Recorded
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Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background
Notes filmed on a field with bananas at hotel Rio Palmas, south of Braulio Carrillo in direction to Siquirres
Recorded By Peter Janzen
Source
Copyright Peter Janzen
Date Entered 2009-08-09

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Locality Isla Bastimentos
County
State
Country Panama
Date Recorded
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Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background
Notes
Recorded By Peter Janzen
Source
Copyright Peter Janzen
Date Entered 2009-08-09

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Locality Isla Bastimentos
County
State
Country Panama
Date Recorded
Call Type
Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background
Notes male is calling for the female
Recorded By Peter Janzen
Source
Copyright Peter Janzen
Date Entered 2009-08-09

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