Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE

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  1. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Adult size, 4 months old, extremely well-fed, don't judge the sex on the normal...
  2. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Adult size, 4 months old, extremely well-fed, don't judge the sex on the normal...
  3. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Adult size, 4 months old, extremely well-fed, don't judge the sex on the normal...
  4. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Adult size, 4 months old, extremely well-fed, don't judge the sex on the normal...
  5. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Adult size, 4 months old, extremely well-fed, don't judge the sex on the normal...
  6. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Adult size, 4 months old 
Frog 4
  7. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog C - Female 
In a bromeliad axil 
 
Other than quick colour correction, slight...
  8. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Female having just laid 2 infertile eggs for the tadpole in the film canister...
  9. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Male (right) and Female after laying an infertile egg for the tadpole in the...
  10. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" 
This is a 10 week old tadpole, metamorphosing.
  11. "Tarapoto" Imitating Dart Frog, Ranitomeya imitator (formerly Dendrobates imitator), guarding a clutch of its eggs in a bromeliad.
  12. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog C - Female 
In a bromeliad axil
  13. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator / Ranitomeya imitator 
"Tarapoto" race - Understory Enterprises Line 
From near the town of Tarapoto,...
  14. Imitating Dart Frog 
Dendrobates imitator / Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
"Frog C" in earlier photos - this female...
  15. Imitating Dart Frog eggs - Dendrobates imitator / Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" 
Eggs in bromeliad 
These are Pair 2's first eggs (Pair 2 are "Frog...
  16. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" 
This is a 4 week old tadpole.  Note the hind legs have started to develop.  Interestingly,...
  17. Aechmea gamosepala. This is the bromeliad on the right in the terrarium photo earlier in this album.  The Imitators love it and it has a bunch of...
  18. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
(Formerly known as Dendrobates imitator) 
This is the female producing all of the eggs...
  19. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" 
Young Tadpole 
View from above
  20. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" 
Young Tadpole heartbeat 1/2 
Amphibians have a 3 chambered heart (mammals and reptiles have 4...
  21. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" 
Young Tadpole heartbeat 1/2 
Amphibians have a 3 chambered heart (mammals and reptiles have 4...
  22. Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
My first tadpole, now 20 days out of its egg
  23. Dendrobates imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
One of the 4 embryos in the development series, now 6 days in this pool (just below my...
  24. Imitating Dart Frog - Dendrobates imitator / Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" 
Male transporting tadpole from laying site to a small pool of water in a...
  25. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 15 - Final Day 
Father has already picked up 3 of the tadpoles and transported them...
  26. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 14 
Father will most likely start ferrying these guys around in the next 1-2 days...
  27. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 13 
The features are all very well defined at this point - the gills will start to...
  28. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 12 
Gills, eyes and melanophores (dark pigment cells) well established, and the...
  29. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 11 
Gills, eyes and melanophores (dark pigment cells) now quite apparent 
Formerly...
  30. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 10 
The eyes are becoming apparent 
Formerly known as Dendrobates imitator
  31. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 9 
Formerly known as Dendrobates imitator
  32. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 8 
Tailbud Stage 
Formerly known as Dendrobates imitator
  33. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - UE - formerly Dendrobates imitator 
Male (right) and Female after laying an infertile egg for the tadpole in the...
  34. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Day 7 
Tailbud Stage 
Formerly known as Dendrobates imitator
  35. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
+96 hours after first photo 
Neurula
  36. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
+72 hours after first photo 
Late Gastrula (Early Neurula ?)
  37. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male 
Formerly known as Dendrobates imitator
  38. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
My first tadpole, about 2 days out of its egg - you can see its organs well 
I didn't...
  39. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
My first tadpole, about 2 days out of its egg 
I didn't see the male transport the...
  40. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
+48 hours after first photo 
Mid Gastrula
  41. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
+24 hours after first photo 
Gastrula
  42. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Same eggs as last photo but 4 hours later - you can see the cells have divided quite a...
  43. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
A nice batch of eggs laid in the last 24 hours 
These are in blastula stage
  44. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
My first egg, 2 weeks on - you can see this tadpole very well
  45. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
My first egg
  46. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog C - Female 
In a bromeliad axil 
Explanation for Dendroboard
  47. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male 
In between calls
  48. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male
  49. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male
  50. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapota" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male
  51. Ranitomeya imitator (formerly Dendrobates imitator) "Tarapoto race" - Understory Enterprises Line 
Frog C on a bromeliad - definite female
  52. Ranitomeya imitator (formerly Dendrobates imitator) "Tarapoto race" - Understory Enterprises Line 
Frog C on a bromeliad - definite female
  53. 10 gallon vertical terrariums, each for a pair of Imitator Dart Frogs (Ranitomeya imitator) 
These tanks were set up about an hour before the photo. ...
  54. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog C - definite female
  55. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog C - definite female
  56. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male
  57. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" Understory Enterprises Line 
Definite Male on left (Frog D), definite female on right (Frog B) 
Have seen Frog D...
  58. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog A - Definite male
  59. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog D - Definite Male - seen calling
  60. Ranitomeya imitator "Tarapoto" - Understory Enterprises line 
Frog C - definite female
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