Vivariums;dendrobates tinctorius morphs9

Brazil :

1- Blue Sipaliwini :

Information and pictures are still missing

2- Brazilian :

large morph with a KRL of up to 60 mm

The exact location and distribution is not available! According to a personal message from J. Avaros, he is close to Villanova in the Amapá district .

How and when this Morph first appeared in the terrarium, nobody could tell me.

Images by 'Brasilianer' by Peter Maier

D.tinc. 'Brazilian' (picture: Peter Maier)

3- Green Sipaliwini :

About 10 years ago, these animals were first imported into the Netherlands together with 'blue Sipaliwini'.

This morph is large (greater than the 'Lawa') and reaches about 60 mm.

Most of the animals are really green, some shimmer even bluish. In the breeding it was noticed that sometimes very blue puppies were born. The biotope also contains very blue specimens. These were never exported because they feared that they would be considered as 'Azureus', which could give them problems.

D.tinc. 'green Sipaliwini' (Picture: Martin Haberkern)

D.tinc. 'green Sipaliwini' couple (Picture: Martin Haberkern)

D.tinc. 'green Sipaliwini' (Picture: Martin Haberkern)

D.tinc. 'green Sipaliwini' Jungtier after Landgang (Picture: Martin Haberkern)

Seldom do blue-fronted babies develop from a nest, with their siblings 'normal' green colored.

First two pictures: Salvatore Filiz Puzzo, the other pictures come from an unknown source.

4- Lorenzo :

D.tinc. 'Lorenzo' (Photo: Reto Siegenthaler)

a small morph with a KRL of max. 40 mm

The site is located near the small town of Lourenço in northern Brazil. This place is not on a public map.

The head mask is yellow to orange and the body varies from a dark blue to a completely black color. Some animals have only a residual color on the head in the form of small dots or the coloring remains completely (so called 'Black Ghost'). In the breeding, the most diverse colorations appear from the same scrim.

It is noticeable that in most breeders the females have less pronounced masks or are completely black. Possibly, the ghost gene is recessive and on the X chromosome. This would mean that only animals with two X-chromosomes (females) develop the characteristic.

There are probably quite different explanations, I am not a geneticist. Remarks are very welcome.

In my current breeding couple the female is absolutely 'ghost' (black), the male has a yellow-orange head mask on. If the lighting is good, you can see the blue feet. The first young animal of this pair was absolutely 'ghost', the others show a more or less pronounced mask.

For over 3 years the animals have occasionally laid, but the eggs were bad. The few bugs I was able to raise needed a long time in the water and developed badly, got matched or died shortly after the landing. Only a complete change of attitude brought success in breeding. According to information from Brazil directly from a local expert, the temperatures at night fall sharply down to 16 ° degrees. In comparison to other Tinctorius morphs, the day values are also slightly lower. So I put my animals in a terrarium at the bottom of the shelf and immediately the number of eggs increased per hatch, the larvae hatched more than before and now develop into healthy young animals in about 4 months - finally: -) The feeding with meadows plankton seems to be positive - the animals are more vital and 'overload' me. It is best to place them if the terrarium is not too humid, which obviously also comes closer to the conditions in the habitat.

all images: Martin Haberkern

further pictures of various holders, breeders or photographers who document the variability of this morph

Picture: M. Haberkern

Image: Reto Siegenthaler

Males at the Gelege (Image: M. Haberkern)

Pictures by Melanie Mühlegger and Mario Neuhuber, showing the whole color palette

Images of 'Lorenzo' by Peter Maier :

5- New River :

D.tinc. 'New River' (Photo: Daniel Rüfli)

Medium-sized morph with blue / light blue coloration. The back shows spots and dots on white / cream colored ground, which sometimes shines yellowish.

New River bears a false name, because there is no Tinctorius on the river of the same name in Surinam. This morph originates from Brazil from a steppe-like landscape with resting woodlands, which are crossed by a river.

New River are often confused with D.tinc. 'Villanova', which occur about 50 km further south and are markedly darker blue.

D. tinc 'New River' (Photos: Martin Haberkern)

6- Monte Dourado :

Information and pictures are still missing

7- Tumucumaque :

D.tinc. 'Tumucumaque' (picture: E. Bernard)

This morph was discovered in August 2004 during a scientific expedition at the Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque, Amapa. Between the years 2004 and 2006, a total of 11 expeditions took place for the purpose of inventorying this huge national park.

An expedition was explicitly under the motto of getting to know Morph more closely. Several copies were collected. These are now preserved in the scientific collection of the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi in Belém.

The illustrated copy has a KRL of 43 mm. The two pictures I have of Dr. Marinus S. Hoogmoed.

This morph lives in the original Amazon rainforest in the Guyana sign of the national park. The exact location is known.

Enrico Bernard has authorized me to present the reference image. The other pictures are from Jucivaldo Lima-Flona, which allowed me to publish additional pictures here. They came from the catch and were taken at the camp before the frogs were brought to the museum.

D.tinc. 'Tumucumaque' (picture J. Lima)