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The only member of this family present in Hawaii is the Green
and Black Poison dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus), which
was introduced in Manoa Valley in 1932 for mosquito control. Presently,
there are very few places you can actually find this frog. If its your
desire to see them in the wild, you must go to either Manoa Valley, or
Waiahole Valley, bot of which occur on Oahu. When I used to live in the
back of Manoa Valley, we had two resident frogs that lived under our washing
machine. At one point I caught this frog and put it in an aquarium. I
feed it ants and it seemed happy. But, with time, I decided to observe
it in its natural environment.
These frogs spend little time in the water, but need instead a moist
terrestrial environment. Once eggs hatch, a male dart-frog will take the
tadpoles to a water hole. He will then take the young between water holes
as food provides itself.
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Poison Arrow
Frogs
Dendrobatidae |
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Coquis Frogs
Leptodactylidae |
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Toads
Bufonidae |
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Other True Frogs
Ranidae |
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