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Dendrobates auratus Morphguide PDF Print E-mail
Dendrobates auratus morphguide

Dendrobates auratus morphguide.

An overview of the colourmorphs.

Dendrobates auratus lives from southern-Nicaragua to northern-Colombia and there are many morphs available in the hobby. With this guide we try to give you an idea what morphs there are. If you have an suggestions to this guide please e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We can not garantee that all information is 100% reliable. The morphs aren't numbered in a specific order.

Colourmorph 1.
Name: D. auratus.
'Nominat / Pacific'.
Country: Costa Rica
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: Southern and central Costa Rica. Pacific Ocean Coast. Photo by © P. Bartelds.

Auratus 'Costa Rica'

 
Colourmorph 2.
Name: D. auratus.
'Bronze blue or green'.
Country: Panama
Locality & Info: Panama. 
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
There is blue-bronze offspring out of green-bronze parents and reverse. So it seems to be one morph. Photo by © M. Breece.

Auratus 'Bronce'

Auratus 'Bronce'
Colourmorph 3
Name: D. auratus.
'Blue'.
Country: Panama
Locality & Info: Central Panama, Varaquas Department. 
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
This morph is very shy if you compare it to the 'nominat' morph. Photo by © P. Bartelds & R. Siegenthaler.

Auratus 'Blue'

Auratus 'Blue'
Colourmorph 4
Name: D. auratus.
'Green / Darkland / Gauchero' /Atlantic.
Country: Panama & Costa Rica
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: Atlantic Coast area from Nicarague to Panama. Photo by © A. de Baas.

Auratus 'Green'

Auratus 'Green'
Colourmorph 5
Name: D. auratus.
'Taboga'
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: Taboga Island. Most animals are brown/green but black/green is also possible. Photo by © J. Liebens.

Auratus 'Taboga'

 
Colourmorph 6
Name: D. auratus.
'Reticulated Tabago'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
locality & Info: It seems there is sometimes offspring out of 'Taboga' auratus that looks like the morph on the photo's. So it's more a threath in a bloodline. Photo by © R. Jung & D.Macias.

Auratus 'Taboga'

Auratus 'Taboga'
Colourmorph 7
Name: D. auratus.
'Hawaii-Taboga'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
locality & Info: In 1932 about 200 D.auratus were collected and introduced on this Island. Same frog as the Taboga-morph! Photo by © M. Schils.

Auratus 'Taboga'

 
Colourmorph 8
Name: D. auratus.
'Kuna Yala / Chuna Yala / Kahlua / Cream'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: San Blas Archipel (mainland) - Panama.
Animals are very darkbrown (or black) with white (creamy white). Photo by © M. Schils.

Auratus 'Kuna Yala'

 
Colourmorph 9
Name: D. auratus.
'Campana / Capira'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: Near the villages Campana and Capira. Photo by © P. Bartelds.

Auratus 'Campana'

Auratus 'Campana'
Colourmorph 10
Name: D. auratus.
'Ancon Hill or 6 spots'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: Cerro Ancon Hill near the Panama Canal. Photo by © Wm. Samples & P.Bartelds.

Auratus 'six spots'

Auratus 'six spots'
Colourmorph 12
Name: D. auratus.
'Pastores'.
Country: Panama
Locality & Info: Bocas del Torro Archipel.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Animals are found on Isla Pastores also called Sheppart Island. In the same habitat lives D. pumilio and P.l ugubris. Photo by © M.Bartelds.

Auratus 'Pastores'

Auratus 'Pastores'
Colourmorph 13
Name: D. auratus.
'Panamaspecial / Birkhahn'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & info: There is also a 'Panamaspecial' morph called Wasmann-Line. The 'Wasmann-line' frogs are slightly different. Photo by © P.Bartelds.

Auratus 'Panama Special'

 
Colourmorph 14
Name: D. auratus.
'Black'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Area & Info: unknown. Photo by © M.Breece.

Auratus 'Black'

 
Colourmorph 15
Name: D. auratus.
'Portobelo'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: Panama. Photo by © M.Breece.

Auratus 'Portobelo'

 
Colourmorph 16
Name: D. auratus.
'Big Bronce'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: It seems that this morphs only lives in the higher mountains of Panama, therefore the frogs must be kept at a low temperature. This frog is very big if you compare to the normal auratus size. Colors are the same as morph #3 and it seems this morph is also been seen in the wild with the blue colour (like morph #2). Photo by © M. Schils.

Auratus 'Big Bronce'

 
Colourmorph 17
Name: D. auratus.
'Del Azuro / Azuero'.
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Panama
Locality & Info: Peninsular Azuero is an area at the Pacific Coast with one national parc called Cerro Hoya. The colour of this morph is yellow with light-green. Photo by © M. Schils.

Auratus 'Del Azuero'

 
Colourmorph 18
Name: D. auratus.
'Microspots / Turquoise'.
Country: Panama
Photo: Taken in terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Locality & Info: There is offspring out of these frogs with very little spots...therefore these frogs are called microspots. Not al offspring have these little spots. On the photo is a frog with big spots. Maybe a selected line of animals out of the 'Panamaspecial or bronce' morph? Photo by © M. Schils.

Auratus 'Microspot'

 
Colourmorph 19
Name: D. auratus.
'El Cope'.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Panama
Locality & Info: Surrounding of El Copé. Photo by © Forrest Brem.

Auratus 'El Copé'

 
Colourmorph 20
Name: D. auratus.
'Oyo de Aqua'.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Panama
Locality & Info: Panama. Probably this morph can be found on more locations. Photo by © Steinmann & Heuzeroth.

Auratus 'Oyo de Aqua'

 
Colourmorph 21
Name: D. auratus.
'Corcovado'.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Costa Rica
Locality & Info: Corcovado N.P. Photo by © A. de Baas.

Auratus 'Corcovado'

 
Colourmorph 22
Name: D. auratus.
'Carara'.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Costa Rica
Locality/Info: Carara N.P. Photo by © G. Bartelds.

Auratus 'Carara'

 

Colourmorph 23
Name: D. auratus.
'Camouflage'.
Photo: Taken in unknown & Terrarium.
Reliability real morph: 99%.
Country: Panama
Locality/Info: Unknown. Photo by © M. Pepper & F. Steinman.

Auratus 'Camouflage'

Auratus 'Camouflage' 

Colourmorph 24
Name: D. auratus.
'Super blue'.
Photo: Taken in unknown.
Reliability real morph: 50% (crossbreed in morphs?).
Country: Panama
Locality/Info: Unknown. Photo by © M. Pepper.

Auratus 'Super Blue'

 

Colourmorph 25
Name: D. auratus.
'Yellow / Gold / Oro'.
Photo: Taken in unknown.
Reliability real morph: 99%.
Country: Panama
Locality/Info: Unknown. Photo by © A. Dlog.

Auratus 'Yellow'

 

Colourmorph 25
Name: D. auratus.
'Mebalo'.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Panama
Locality/Info: Darien. Photo by © P. Bartelds.

Auratus 'Mebalo'

 

Colourmorph 25
Name: D. auratus.
'Alto de Campana'.
Photo: Taken in the wild.
Reliability real morph: 100%.
Country: Panama
Locality/Info: Cerro de Campana. Photo by © M. Bartelds.

Auratus 'Alto de Campana'

Auratus 'Alto de Campana'
 

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