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Ascension -- Strawberry Poison Frog
Dimensions (inches): 40 x 15
Medium: Acrylic on Illustration Board
Description: The poison frogs of the genus Dendrobates are a well-known group of beautiful and tiny diurnal amphibians found throughout the American tropics. In addition to producing complex alkaloid skin secretions, this group is remarkable in exhibiting astonishing parental care within its ranks. The Central American species D. pumilio deposits several eggs on a leaf on the forest floor, which are guarded by the male. Upon hatching, the tadpoles wriggle onto the female's back, and are taxied up the trunk of a tree to a pre-selected bromeliad, where they are deposited into one of the water vessels formed within the axils of these arboreal epiphytes. Every few days, the female lays an unfertilized egg for each of her offspring to feed upon. Incidental creatures in this painting include an Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), a Spectacled Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicallitus), a Racerunner (Ameiva festiva), a Lanternbug (Fulgora laternaria), a Leaf-Footed Bug (Anisosceles sp.), a leafhopper (Umbonia sp.), a Consul Butterfly (Consul fabius), and numerous ants of the genus Pheidole, which feed upon the leaves of Piper trees, like the one immediately behind the frog.
Original Available For Sale:
Yes
Price: $12,000.00 US
Limited Edition Available:
No
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