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| Vicente's Poison Frog (Oophaga vicentei) | |
| Photo by Jan Meerman | |
| used under Creative Commons License granted through this iNaturalist record |
Vicente's Poison Frog (Oophaga vicentei) is a small polytypic Dendrobatid frog endemic to Central Panama. It can be solid red, red with black reticulations or spots, green with polka dots, or some mixture of the above. They are threatened by collection for the pet trade.
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| map taken from iNaturalist.org range map |
This species is the Panamanian endemic sister to the more widespread Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio).
We heard these Vicente's Poison Frogs calling from high in the trees, probably in bromeliads in some cloud forest type habitat in the Anton Valley, Panama. We never saw the frogs, but the calls were identified by a local frog expert.
The call of this species is a rasping, dry insect-like call that permeates the forest after rains. They have an almost "sleigh bell" like quality to the calls when they get in sync.
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© Chris Harrison 2024
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