Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857)
Splendid poison frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dendrobates speciosus O. Schmidt, 1857; Oophaga speciosus O. Schmidt, 1857
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1992 (IUCN SSC ASG, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Panama
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schmidt, O. (1857). Diagnosen neuer Frösche des zoologischen Cabinets zu Krakau. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 24: 10–15.
Other references:
Edwards, M.W., Daly, J.W. and Myers, C.W. 1988. Alkaloids from a Panamanian poison frog, Dendrobates speciosus: identification of pumiliotoxin-A and allopumiliotoxin class alkaloids, 3,5-disubstituted indolizidines, 5-substituted 8-methylindolizidines, and a 2-methyl-6-nonyl-4 hydroxypiperidine. Journal of Natural Products: 1188-1197.
Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overview of the herpetology of Panama. In: J.D. Johnson, R.G. Webb and O.A. Flores-Villela (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). Oophaga speciosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55201A54344718. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55201A54344718.en. Downloaded on 23 June 2021.
Jungfer, K.H. 1985. Beitrag zur Kenntnis von Dendrobates speciosus O. Schmidt, 1857 (Salientia: Dendrobatidae). Salamandra: 263-280.
Myers, C.W., Daly, J.W. and Martinez, V. 1984. An arboreal poison frog (Dendrobates) from western Panama. American Museum of Natural History Novitates: 1-20.
Oostveen, H. 1981. Dendrobatidae from Central America (2). Lacerta: 30-31.
Savage, J.M. 1968. The dendrobatid frogs of central America. Copeia: 745-776.
Silverstone, P.A. 1975. A revision of the poison-arrow frogs of the genus Dendrobates Wagler. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin: 1-55.
Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor. (2010). Oophaga speciosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 April 2015.
Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.