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Books & Magazines

Gifkikkers (Dutch language) - 2023

Dendrobatidae Nederland

The most comprehensive work on dart frog care that has ever been made. Almost 500 pages of dart frogs and their variants, care, vivarium technology, plants, nutrition, legislation, breeding, diseases and treatment. Over 200 pages on the specifics of every known dart frog species.

The publisher is Dendrobatidae Nederland (DN), the Dutch association for enthusiasts of poison dart frogs.

This book will be published in english in the future (2027/2028)

You can order this book in their webshop.

Keeping & Breeding Poison Frogs The Small Species - 2016

Edition Chimaira

A very practical book on the care of small species of Dart Frogs (Oophaga, Ranitomeya) aimed at the beginner in frog keeping. 75 pages on the terrarium, aquiring frogs, food, care and breeding.

Two methods of raising tadpoles and juveniles are discussed. Ranitomeya reticulata, R.ventrimaculata, R.imitator and R. fantastica are illustrated in more detail.

As for vivaria, an insight is given in a specific frog room with multiple smaller vivaria to keep and breed Ranitomeya.

This book is also available in the German and Spanish language. You can order this book in english for instance at Amazon.

In Search of Lost Frogs: The Quest to Find the World's Rarest Amphibians - 2014

Firefly Books

An amazing book that chronicles the search for lost frogs around the globe, believed to be extinct due to the chytrid fungus epidemic, climate change, and deforestation.

A must-read for frog lovers, it captures both the vulnerability and the revival of these beloved creatures.

The book reads like an exciting novel and is beautifully illustrated with photographs by Robin Moore, a professional wildlife photographer. National Geographic also gave attention to this quest.

This book is available through Amazon.

The species classification catalogue

Corazon de Selva

An promising book that gives an excellent overview of species of Dendrobatidae with biotope illustration, group and evolutionary history discussion.

146 color pages, colour illustrations and maps.

Just ordered it from dardomx.org, the website from the the Corazon de Selva organization.

This book is available through Dardomx.

DN magazine

Dendrobatidae Nederland

A quarterly full colour magazine from Dendrobatidae Nederland on Poison Dart Frogs in the Dutch language.

Subscribe to DN magazine.

Films

How Poison Frogs Evolved to Carry Tadpoles on Their Backs

Frankenscience channel - YouTube

Poison frogs lay their eggs on land, but their young are aquatic, so they must be carried to water when they hatch. In these species, parenting is like a delivery service. The tadpoles cling onto their parent's back, and the little frogs travel far and wide in search of the best places to drop their young. It is a demanding job, but how did tadpole transport evolve?

A very nice video of dart frogs carrying and dropping their tadpoles in small pools of water.

9:10 minutes

Being a Poison Dart Frog Parent is HARD

Seven Worlds One Planet | BBC Earth

Being a parent brings all sorts of challenges, but for the poison dart frog, remembering which tiny water pool you've left your tadpole in is just the beginning of their problems. However, team work makes the dream work, and these parents rise to the six week challenge ahead of them.

A classic BBC Earth video narrated by Sir David Attenborough, following the parenting behavior of Ranitomeya imitator.

3:24 minutes

The rainforest of Colombia: paradise for poisonous frogs

Best documentary channel - YouTube

Nathanaël gets ashore on the Pacific coast of Colombia and follows the Timbiqui-river before he enters the rainforest. This forest was a long time inaccessible due to activities of the Farc-guerrilla soldiers

Directed by Nathanaël Maury

A very well made documentary on this rainforest of Colombia and all the biodiversity of reptiles and amphibians present.

51:58 minutes