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[[Image:yellow-banded.poison.dart.frog.arp.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yellow-banded Poison Dart frog ''Dendrobates leucomelas'' from [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]] and [[Brazil]], in captivity in [[Bristol Zoo]], [[England]] ]] |
[[Image:yellow-banded.poison.dart.frog.arp.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yellow-banded Poison Dart frog ''Dendrobates leucomelas'' from [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]] and [[Brazil]], in captivity in [[Bristol Zoo]], [[England]] ]] |
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Dendrobatid frogs have been maintained in captivity since the 1970s. |
'''[[Poison dart frog|Dendrobatid frogs]]''' have been maintained in captivity since the 1970s. The International Zoo Yearbook reported in 1977 that [[Wilhelma|Stuttgart Zoo]] bred ''Phyllobates bicolor bicolor'' and Basel Zoo bred ''Dendrobates auratus'' that year. |
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The first documented successful captive propagation of dendrobatids in the USA is |
The first documented successful captive propagation of dendrobatids in the USA is a report by David Grow that describes breeding success for ''[[Dendrobates auratus]]'' at the [[Sedgwick County Zoo]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]]<ref>Grow, D. 1977. Reproduction of ''Dendrobates auratus'' at the SCZ. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 1977: 9-12</ref>. By the 1980s frogs were being kept by hobbyists and not just by zoos and scientific institutions. |
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| ⚫ | In the UK, the British Dendrobatid Group (BDG) was set up in 1989 by Bob Davies and Malcolm Peaker. Despite its name, the BDG was an international group of people concerned with one objective: the conservation and captive breeding of a small group of South American frogs belonging to the ''[[Dendrobates]]'', ''[[Phyllobates]]'', ''[[Colostethus]]'' and related genera such as ''[[Mantella]] spp.'' |
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Domestic frogkeepers were also active in [[Europe]] at this time. The 1977 International Zoo Yearbook states that [[Wilhelma|Stuttgart Zoo]] bred ''Phyllobates bicolor bicolor'' and Basel Zoo bred ''Dendrobates auratus'' that year. |
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| ⚫ | In the UK, the British Dendrobatid Group (BDG) was set up in 1989 by Bob Davies and Malcolm Peaker. Despite its name, the BDG was an international group of people concerned with one |
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There is evidence from publications that these frogs may have been maintained by private individuals in mainland Europe considerably earlier than this<ref>Poulder, W.N. 1974. Pflege und Fortpflanzung von ''Dendrobates azureus'' an anderer Dendrobatiden II. ''Aquarien Terrarien Z.'' '''27''', 28-32.</ref><ref>Ensinck, F. H. 1980. De kweek van ''Dendrobates tinctorius''. ''Lacerta'' '''38''', (10-11):102-106.</ref> - starting in [[1932]]<ref>Oeser, R. 1932. Die Zucht des Baumsteigers ''Dendrobates tinctorius''. ''Bl. Aquar. Terrarienk.'' '''43''', 196-200.</ref>. |
There is evidence from publications that these frogs may have been maintained by private individuals in mainland Europe considerably earlier than this<ref>Poulder, W.N. 1974. Pflege und Fortpflanzung von ''Dendrobates azureus'' an anderer Dendrobatiden II. ''Aquarien Terrarien Z.'' '''27''', 28-32.</ref><ref>Ensinck, F. H. 1980. De kweek van ''Dendrobates tinctorius''. ''Lacerta'' '''38''', (10-11):102-106.</ref> - starting in [[1932]]<ref>Oeser, R. 1932. Die Zucht des Baumsteigers ''Dendrobates tinctorius''. ''Bl. Aquar. Terrarienk.'' '''43''', 196-200.</ref>. |
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Revision as of 07:21, 2 October 2006
Dendrobatid frogs have been maintained in captivity since the 1970s. The International Zoo Yearbook reported in 1977 that Stuttgart Zoo bred Phyllobates bicolor bicolor and Basel Zoo bred Dendrobates auratus that year.
The first documented successful captive propagation of dendrobatids in the USA is a report by David Grow that describes breeding success for Dendrobates auratus at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas[1]. By the 1980s frogs were being kept by hobbyists and not just by zoos and scientific institutions.
In the UK, the British Dendrobatid Group (BDG) was set up in 1989 by Bob Davies and Malcolm Peaker. Despite its name, the BDG was an international group of people concerned with one objective: the conservation and captive breeding of a small group of South American frogs belonging to the Dendrobates, Phyllobates, Colostethus and related genera such as Mantella spp.
There is evidence from publications that these frogs may have been maintained by private individuals in mainland Europe considerably earlier than this[2][3] - starting in 1932[4].
References
- ^ Grow, D. 1977. Reproduction of Dendrobates auratus at the SCZ. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 1977: 9-12
- ^ Poulder, W.N. 1974. Pflege und Fortpflanzung von Dendrobates azureus an anderer Dendrobatiden II. Aquarien Terrarien Z. 27, 28-32.
- ^ Ensinck, F. H. 1980. De kweek van Dendrobates tinctorius. Lacerta 38, (10-11):102-106.
- ^ Oeser, R. 1932. Die Zucht des Baumsteigers Dendrobates tinctorius. Bl. Aquar. Terrarienk. 43, 196-200.