''Andinobates tolimensis'', the Tolimense poison frog, is a species of

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

in the family

Dendrobatidae Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the Family (biology), family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. T ...

, endemic to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

in the outskirts of

Falan Falan is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. Falan was founded before 1539, by the Guandecas and Pomponáes tribes. It was discovered by Spanish Baltazar Maldonado in 1539. The population of the municipality was 17,25 ...

and north of the department of Tolima. Previously it was included in the genus ''

Ranitomeya ''Ranitomeya'' is a genus of dart poison frogs found in Panama and South America south to Peru and Brazil, possibly into Bolivia. Taxonomy In 2006 Grant ''et al.'' revised the systematics of poison dart frogs and placed many species formerly cla ...

'', but was reclassified in ''

Andinobates ''Andinobates'' is a genus of poison dart frogs from Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. It contains species formerly classified in the genus ''Dendrobates'' and in 2006 transferred to the genus ''Ranitomeya''. In 2011 Twomey, Brown, and their colleag ...

'', along with 11 other species. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is toxic to humans and when captured will excrete a milky substance.

Description

Its skin is golden or coppery with yellow spots on the upper part of the front legs and sometimes from the junction of these to the lower lip; a black or brown spot goes over the yellow one.

Behavior

Calls occur in a series of short, soft buzzes (each lasting 0.84-0.99 seconds), like cricket sounds and similar to calls made by ''A. dorisswansonae'', but softer. The call is pulsed and has a dominant frequency of 4.73-5.22 kHz as recorded in captivity. Males will carry single tadpoles on their back, demonstrating parental care.

Taxonomy

It was discovered in 2006 by biologist Oscar Gallego and identified as a different species by herpetologist Juan Manuel Rengifo.Gallego Carvajal, Oscar; A. Quevedo; V.F. Luna y W.E. Figueroa (2007)
''Falan Cuna de la Vida''
. Municipio de Falan. The description was made by a team led by experts from the

University of Tolima The Universidad del Tolima-UT is a faculty of higher education located in the Colombian city of Ibague, capital of the department of Tolima. It is a public autonomous institution departmental order created by Ordinance No. 005 of 1945, with ...

and was published in 2007. The species name ''tolimensis'' means 'from Tolima', which references the University where it was found.

References

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