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Dendrobates tinctorius morphguide |
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 Dendrobates tinctorius morphguide.Overview of the colourmorphs.
Dendrobates tinctorius is one of the most attractive poisonfrogs in the terrarium. The species is not shy and and always visible during the day. These frogs live in Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and northern Brasil. There are still morphs to discover in these countries. This page is always in development (we want to try to get as much information as we can) and every information and/or suggestion is welcome at
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. We can not garantee that all information is 100% reliable because we hear many stories... but we give it a try. The morphs aren't numbered in a specific order. |
Colourmorph 1.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Nominat' / 'Boulanger'.
Locality: French Guiana.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%
Area: North part of French Guina, near the village Cacao, on the Kaw mountains and also
on the mountains near the road to the village Regina. There are more locations. The Boulanger line is more orange if you compare to the nominat morph. This species often lives around fallen trees. On some locations the flank of the frogs seems to be more lightblue with light-yellow spots. Photo by © G. Bartelds |
Colourmorph 2.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'White / Mont Matoury / Cayenne'.
Locality: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%
Area & Info: North part of French Guiana, on the mountain: 'Mont Matoury'. This frog looks the same as the 'nominat' morph. The stripes are white instead of yellow. This frog only lives on a mountain and the surroundings of this mountain are flat. It has become a forest-island and the frogs can't travel to other places anymore. Photo by © G. Bartelds
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Colourmorph 3.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Oyapock / Palid'.
Locality: French Guiana
Area & Info: East part of French Guiana.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%
Near the village Ornary, surrounding of the river 'Oyapock'. In French Guiana it's Oiapoque and in Brasil it's Oyapock. Photo by © B. Vilette & Bartelds
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Colourmorph 4.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Blue Jeans'.
Locality: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: East part of French Guiana.
Surrounding of Mont Bruyere. Photo by © G. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 5.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Nouragues'.
Locality: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: Central part of French Guiana. This morph looks the same as the 'nominat' morph but has more orange.The stripings on the back are smaller if you compare to the 'Nominat' morph. There are also frogs spotted in the surrounding of camp Nouragues with yellow frontlegs. Photo by © E.H. Poelman.
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Colourmorph 6.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Regina'./ Giant Orange'.
Locality: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: Near the village Regina in the east. In europe this morph is called 'Regina'. This morph can be very different in bellypattern. Sometimes a lot of blue and sometimes no blue at all. The Giant Orange is a section with no blue at all? Probably same morph. Photo by © G. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 7.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Yellowback / Saül'.
Locality: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: Central part of French Guiana in the surrounding of the village Saül. Direction Mont Boeuf Morte.As far as we know there are probaly two lines of this morph. Some animals have a black round dot on the back and some don't. The dot can dissapear if the animal gets older. Photo by © P. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 8.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'La Fumeé'.
Locality: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: Central part of French Guiana in the surrounding of the village Saül. Direction Mont La Fumée. These frogs look like the morph above #7) but have less yellow (orange). The pattern is more lines. Photo by © P. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 9.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Atachi Bakka'.
Locality: Central French Guiana
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: West part of central French Guina near the village Maripasoula. The frog looks a lot like the yellowback from Saül. In the south of the village Maripasoula are the mountains called 'Monts Atachi Bakka'. Maripasoula is near the Maroni River (Marowijnerivier). Photo by © P. Hoskisson. |
Colourmorph 10.
Name D. tinctorius.
'Black Saül'.
Country: French Guiana
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability: Real morph but a colourvariation.
Locality & info: Saül area. Sometimes black offspring comes out of 'normal' yellowbacks. Only the head is yellow and therefore people call it 'Black Saül'. Some animals are called 'lemondrop'. These animals are never seen in the surrounding of Saül by any guides there. Maybe there are 'Black Saül' animals without the yellowhead and have only some yellow spots? Photo by © P. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 11.
Name: D. tinctorius.
'Matécho'.
Locality: Central French Guiana
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Area & Info: About 24 km from Saül village another colour is spotted with more yellow/orange.We put Matécho also in the name because P.Kok spotted them in the surroundings of these mountains near the Arataii river.
Photo by © J. v/d Meulen & P. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 12.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Tafelberg / Kayserberg / Cobalt'
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Different locations also near Tafelberg. Not at the Tafelberg. (see moprh #24). This morph can be found South-East of the Tafelberg but also on more locations in Surinam like: Oelermarie River, Tapanahony River, Tepu, Awaradam, . Photo by © K. van Oers & P. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 13.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Powderblue'.
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Tapanahoni River, east of Eilerts de Haan Gebergte. Blue and grey legs occur in the same population! Other names are 'Grijspoot' (NL) and 'Graubeiner' (DE). Photo by © P. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 14.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Citronella'.
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info:These are NOT from the surrounding of the Kassikasima Gebergte. There are also morphs without the black spot('s) on the back. The citronella morph has blue legs and mostly one dot on the back or no dot at all Photo by © P. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 15.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Nikita'.
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: These are NOT from the surrounding of the Kassikasima Gebergte. This morph looks very much like the 'Citronella' morph but the legs are darker blue/black! It also seems that this morph has more pattern on the back (comparing to Citronella). Named after the daughter of an exporter in Surinam. Photo by © B. Weirts.
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Colourmorph 16.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Patricia'.
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in the wild
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: protected to save the animals. This species seems to occur in Surinam and was first introduced in the U.S.A around 1999.Named after the owner of Vanishing Jewels Patricia Grueneberg. This is not a crossbreed as some people say. We found these animals in the wild. Photo by © M. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 17.
Name:D. tinctorius
'Alanis'.
Country : Suriname.
Photo: Taken in the wild
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Surroundings of the village Apetina. This species was first introduced in the U.S.A around 1999. Short after that they were also introduced in Europe. Some people use two names (also InferAlanis) but that's not correct in my opinion. This morph has a very wide habitat and can be very diverse in pattern and in colour. Some animals have yellow pattern and others have almost orange pattern on their back and head. Named after a daugther of the exporter in Surinam. Photo by © M .Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 18.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Blue Sipaliwini / New River / Kutari River'.
Country: Surinam/Guyana. (Brasil?)
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: There are two locality's beside the New River (in Surinam called Boven-Corantijn River). One locality is in Surinam and the other is in Guyana. Also the Kutari River is the same area. This area is in dispute between Surinam and Guyana.There are imported species from both locality's, so it's difficult to say where 'your' frog is from. Photo by © T. Wodack.
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Colourmorph 19.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Azureus'.
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Sipaliwini savanne After recent research it seems that this species isn't a specie but just a morph of D. tinctorius. Photo by © P. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 20.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Green Sipaliwini / Limegreen Sipaliwini'
Country: Surinam / French Guiana.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info:It seems that these animals come from both sides of the river. Sometimes the animals are almost yellow.
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Colourmorph 21.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'True Sipaliwini'
Country: Surinam.
Photo: Taken in terrarium & in the wild.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Most southern part of Surinam in the Sipaliwini Savanne. Photo by © P. Bartelds & R. Cagliardo.
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Colourmorph 22.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Tafelberg / Kayserberg / Cobalt'
Country: Suriname.
Photo: Taken in the wild
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality/Info: Looks a lot like the tinctorius called 'Cobalt' (morph #12). Maybe the same animals because cobalt morphs can be very variable in pattern and color and are spotted in many area's in Surinam. Photo by © G. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 23.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Tafelberg' (Tablemountain)
Country: Suriname.
Photo: Taken in terrarium & in the wild
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Found on the top & near the top of the Tablemountain and also spottednear the airstrip.These frogs are the same frogs called Threepoint Table mountain. There can be offspring with three dots on the head. Photo by © Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 24.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Amotopo'.
Country: Doesn't exist.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: Not a real morph.
Locality & info: Most probably a crossbreed morph that was created some years ago. Azureus x Regina. Please don't buy this morph, there are enough nice real morphs. With buying and breeding this morph you create confusing between morphs.Photo by © P. Bartelds & G. Benaets. |
Colourmorph 25.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Ensing/Bakhuis'. (sometimes called Ensinck or Ensink)
Country: Suriname.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Surroundings of the Raleigh Falls / Voltzberg. Photo by © P. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 26.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'(real) Oelemarie / Oranje gebergte'.
Country: Suriname.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Surrounding of Oranje gebergte (Orange Mountains)Difficult morph to determine because the frogs looks much like the 'Alanis' and 'Table mountain' (#26) morphs. Nowerdays some tinctorius morphs are sold as Montejo but they are the same frogs as this morph. Montejo is a broker who lives in Miami, that imported these animals. Photo by © P. Bartelds & S. Bomholt..
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Colourmorph 27.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Brasil'.
Country: Brasil.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Amapa Disctrict - Villa Nova. Amapa district is in the north of Brasil. North of the Amazon river. Some juveniles have a dot/small black line on the head that will dissapear after a few months. Photo by © P. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 28.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Lorenzo'.
Country: Brasil.
Photo: Taken in terrarium
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: North of Brasil (Amapa or Para-District). This morph can probably be found near a little village called Lourenço. Some animals have not the typical orange head but only small dots. Also called 'Black Ghost'. Photo by © T. Wodack & R. Siegenthaler.
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Colourmorph 29.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Weygoldt'.
Country: Brasil?
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability: 50% (change this is a) real morph.
Locality & info: Northern Brasil? Animals can be very different in colour and pattern. Some animals have yellow colouring in the frontlegs and some don't. The ones without can easily be mistaken with Oranje Gebergte or Montejo. Named after prof. P. Weygoldt who brought some animals to europe years ago. Can this morph be a mix of 'Black Surinam (Mont Dourado) x nominat? Photo by © P. Bartelds. |
Colourmorph 30.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Monte Dourado'.
Country: Brasil.
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Northern Brasil. These animals are also known as 'Black Surinam'. The morph can easily be mixed up with morphs as Oranje Gebergte and (real) Tafelberg and maybe Alanis. Photo by © P. Bartelds.
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Colourmorph 31.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Trois Piton'.
Country: French Guiana.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability: 100% real morph.
Locality & info: Eastern French Guiana. Photo by © B. Villete.
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Colourmorph 32.
Name:D. tinctorius.
'Agreja'.
Country: Not exist.
Photo: .
Reliability: 100% CROSS BREED.
Locality & info: Crossbreed morph created out of a 'Powderblue' and an 'Azureus'. Introduced in the hobby by a dutch breeder. Please don't buy this morph, there are enough nice real morphs. With buying and breeding this morph you create confusing between morphs. Photo by © G. Schouw.
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