The Dendrobatoidea are a superfamily of frogs.[1] This group is found in the Neotropics and has the largest diversity of alkaloids among all amphibians. These alkaloids show up in the skin by one of three ways: de novo biosynthesis, direct sequestration, or metabolic transformation.[2]
| Dendrobatoidea | |
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| Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus" | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Dendrobatoidea Cope, 1865 |
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Taxonomy
editFamilies:
- Aromobatidae (Grant et al., 2006)
- Dendrobatidae (Cope, 1865)
References
edit- ^ Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae) (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1–262
- ^ Gonzalez, M., & Carazzone, C. (2023). Eco-Metabolomics Applied to the Chemical Ecology of Poison Frogs (Dendrobatoidea). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 49(9–10), 570–598.
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