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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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'''[[Poison dart frog]]s''' have been maintained in captivity since the 1970s. The International Zoo Yearbook reported in 1977 that [[Wilhelma|Stuttgart Zoo]] bred ''Phyllobates bicolor |
'''[[Poison dart frog]]s''' have been maintained in captivity since the 1970s.<ref name="grow">Grow, D. 1977. Reproduction of ''Dendrobates auratus'' at the SCZ. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 1977: 9-12</ref> The International Zoo Yearbook reported in 1977 that [[Wilhelma|Stuttgart Zoo]] bred ''[[Phyllobates bicolor]]'' and Basel Zoo bred ''[[Dendrobates auratus]]''. |
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The first documented successful captive propagation of dendrobatids in the |
The first documented successful captive propagation of dendrobatids in the United States is a report by David Grow that describes breeding success for ''[[Dendrobates auratus]]'' at the [[Sedgwick County Zoo]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref name="grow" /> By the 1980s, dart-frogs were being kept by hobbyists and not just by zoos and scientific institutions. |
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In the |
In the United Kingdom, 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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There is evidence from publications that these frogs may have been maintained by private individuals in mainland Europe considerably earlier than this<ref>Polder, 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> |
There is evidence from publications that these frogs may have been maintained by private individuals in mainland Europe considerably earlier than this, even starting in [[1932]].<ref>Polder, 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><ref>Oeser, R. 1932. Die Zucht des Baumsteigers ''Dendrobates tinctorius''. ''Bl. Aquar. Terrarienk.'' '''43''', 196-200.</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:27, 1 December 2008
Poison dart frogs have been maintained in captivity since the 1970s.[1] The International Zoo Yearbook reported in 1977 that Stuttgart Zoo bred Phyllobates bicolor and Basel Zoo bred Dendrobates auratus.
The first documented successful captive propagation of dendrobatids in the United States 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, dart-frogs were being kept by hobbyists and not just by zoos and scientific institutions.
In the United Kingdom, 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, even starting in 1932.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b Grow, D. 1977. Reproduction of Dendrobates auratus at the SCZ. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 1977: 9-12
- ^ Polder, 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.