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Dendrobatoidea
Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Superfamily:	Dendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
Families
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The Dendrobatoidea are a superfamily of frogs. This group is found in the Neotropics and has the largest diversity of alkaloids among all amphibians. These alkaloids show up in the skin by one of three ways: de novo biosynthesis, direct sequestration, or metabolic transformation.

Taxonomy

Families:

• Aromobatidae (Grant et al., 2006)
• Dendrobatidae (Cope, 1865)

References

1. Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae) (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1–262
2. Gonzalez, M., & Carazzone, C. (2023). Eco-Metabolomics Applied to the Chemical Ecology of Poison Frogs (Dendrobatoidea). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 49(9–10), 570–598.

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