Talk:Dendrobates

Intermedius
Should D. intermedius be deleted, as it is just a subspecies of D. imitator? --OneTwentySix 23:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, this is not a species. And is not recognized as one anywhere as far as I can tell. It should be called D. imitator "Huallaga Valley" and listed under the D. imitator page.

Proposed Taxonomical Changes
Is it really proper for the species to be renamed already? I've only noticed changes on the D. pumilio article (change to Oophaga) so far, but there may be more on other pages. As I stated there, the name changes were only proposed and are currently not accepted by the scientific community at large.

For anyone interested, the paper can be found here: Taxonomic Revisions

Genetics, call dynamics, toxins, etc. all support the fact that Dendrobates has only four species: D. auratus, D. leucomelas, D. tinctorius (azureus is a tinctorius morph) and D. truncatus. The "thumbnail" or "non-obligate egg-feeders" are now in the genera Ranitomeya, the "obligate egg-feeders" are now Oophaga, the "white-eggs" are now Adelphobates and Excidobates.

--The Lord of the Allosaurs (talk) 14:13, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Etymology
Do we know what Dendrobates means? I tried to find the explanation for the "Batrachoch. Dendrob." disease. Dendron for branch, tree? Thanks!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.130.16.86 (talk) 18:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Sasata (talk) 19:10, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Dendro means Tree, Bates means to walk. Tree walker, Dendrobates do not have strong hind legs as compared to many frogs and they tend to be a sort of intermediate frog moving between arboreal and terrestrial lifestyles. Rudysloup (talk) 00:11, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Possible error in taxonomy
The list of species includes the Phantasmal poison frog, but the actual page for the frog said it belongs to Epipedobates and not Dendrobates. Which page is the most up-to-date on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sir Kek of Dankwall (talk • contribs) 18:43, 16 February 2020 (UTC)