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Costa Rica Poison Dart Frogs on Facebook! Visit our fan page

Felipe — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:08:14 +0000

We have a new Facebook page be sure to follow us! Send or tag your frog images to show us your nice little friends!

Adopted Frog Registrations 2011 Costa Rica

Felipe — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:13:04 +0000

We have a master list from all the adopted frogs so far, you can see here all the serial numbers. Can you see yours!? If you do send us your picture and we will publish it here on the website

Register your frog or send us a picture

Website updates and improvements July 2011

Felipe — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:17:34 +0000

We just changed our payment system to an easier process with Paypal and a very fast shopping cart program from @DropCart that makes adopting a Costa Rica frog very fast indeed!
Also we have now a new twitter account for updates, follow us! @UniqueFrogs
thanks for stopping by our website! Pura Vida!

Website updates and improvements April 2009

Felipe — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:37:56 +0000

We have updated our Costa Rica poison dart website and added new features! Improvements to the contact forms in the following pages: About us, Custom made frogs and Register your frog. You can now send a request via the “Custom made frogs” to request that we hand made a new frog for you! You send us your picture and we hand made it for you!

Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery.

You can request frogs from all over the world not only Costa Rica poison frogs!

Send us your questions or comments ! regards, the UniqueFrogs.com team.

Costa Rica frogs are the musicians of the night

Felipe — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:37 +0000

¨Frogs do for the night what birds do for the day: they give it a voice¨, naturalist Archie Carr once observed. ¨And the voice is a varied and stirring one that ought to be better known.¨ Carr cherished the pleasing ¨swamp songs¨ of his native Florida, but he also recognized that ¨perhaps the reason frog songs are not really appreciated is that they are sung in places where mosquitoes and snakes live¨.

The musical repertoires of frogs easily rival those of birds in their richness, variety, and beauty. Although many humans characterize the calls of the male frogs as ¨croaks¨ or ¨ribbitts¨, the sounds are far more diverse, incorporating snores, grunts, trills, clucks, chirps, buzzes, rings, whoops, whistles, growls, quacks, and various other noises.

Scientists have identified about a half dozen or so different types of frog calls. The best known is the advertisement call, performed by males during the breeding season to signal their species, sex, location, and readiness to mate. Some males perform solo, while others sing in giant choruses (up to 1.000 frogs or more), which are audible more than a mile away!

Text from ¨Frogs¨ by David Badger – year 2000

Adopt a frog at CostaRicaOrganicShop.com

Felipe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:06:54 +0000

We are proud to show the world our new line of unique hand made frog gifts! CostaRicaOrganicShop.com is our exclusive distributor and by visiting their website you can see the newly added frogs ready for adoption. Click here to see our unique gift frogs for adoption. Be sure to register your frog when you receive it, serial numbers and names are published on the UniqueFrogs.com website.

Phyllobates Vittatus (Golfo dulce poison dart frog)

Felipe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:46:20 +0000

Phyllobates Vittatus, which is endemic to Costa Rica, is one of two species of Phyllobates that reside in

Costa Rica. The other species, the striped poison dart frog (Phyllobates Lugubris), is very similar in appearance and biology.

They inhabit in distinct geographic regions. Phyllobates Vittatus is restricted to the wet forest of Golfo Dulce area in the south-western part of Costa Rica, at elevations between 30 and 70 meters (100 and 230 ft).

Male Phyllobates Vittatus reah a maximum of 1 inch, females grow somewhat larger, reaching a maximum size of 1 1/1 inches. Phyllobates Vittatus lives in the leaf litter of forested streams valleys. When approached, these shy creatures hide in holes found between roots or in rock crevices. They are highly territorial, and warnings to approaching intruders often escalate into vigorous grappling and wrestling.

Dendrobates tinctorius (or Dyeing Dart frog)

Felipe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:46:05 +0000

Dendrobates tinctorius (or Dyeing Dart frog) is a species of poison dart frog, the type species of the genus Dendrobates.

This species is distributed throughout the eastern portion of the Guiana Shield, including parts of Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and nearly all of

French Guiana.It is the largest species, reaching lengths of 50 mm. The species encompasses a great diversity of colour and patterning variants (morphs). Luckily the conservation status of this frog is least concern and it is not in danger of extinction.

	Unique Frogs: Dendrobates Tinctorius	$50
	Unique Frogs: Dendrobates Tinctorius 11	$50
	Unique Frogs: Dendrobates Tinctorius 9	$50

Dendrobates Auratus (Green and black poison dart frog)

Felipe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:45:55 +0000

Dendrobates Auratus is the largest poison dart frog in

Costa Rica. Adults measure from 30 to 39 mm (1-1/8 to 1-1/2 inches).

It is also the only frog in the country with a highly variable pattern of yellow-green, bluish-green, or blue spots on a black background. Dendrobates Auratus is found from southern Nicaragua to north-western

Colombia, from sea level to 800 meters (2,600 ft).

In Costa Rica, it inhabits rainforest on the

Caribbean coast, though a geographically isolated population also occurs on the southern pacific coast.Dendrobates Auratus is a shy species and is generally found deeper in the forest interior than the other 2 Costa Rican Dendrobates species. Most activity takes place early mornings, especially after it has rained.

	Unique Frogs: Dendrobates Auratus	$50
	Unique Frogs: Dendrobates Auratus (Green and black poison dart f	$50
	Unique Frogs: Dendrobates Auratus 4	$50

Colostethus Talamancae (Talamanca rocket frog)

Felipe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:45:39 +0000

Although the three species of colostethus found in

Costa Rica are members of the poison dart frog family, they lack the toxins and bright coloration characteristic of that family.Each is a small frog. The body is brown, light, longitudinal stripes run along the back and sides. These frogs are commonly referred to as rocket frogs because of the way they launch themselves headfirst into streams when startled. Male Colostethus Talamancae reach a maximum size of 22 mm (7/8 inch); females reach a maximum of 24 mm (1 inch). Colostethus Talamancae ranges from southern Costa Rica to Panama, Colombia, and

Ecuador.It usually lives near rapid flowing, clear mountain streams at elevations between sea level and 750 meters (2,450 ft), although it has also been found at some distance from any stream. Talamanca rocket frogs are strictly active during the day, but prefer periods of low light; males call in the early morning and late afternoon, or during cloudy spells.

	Unique Frogs: Colostethus Talamancae	$50
	Unique Frogs: Colostethus Talamancae 2	$50
	Unique Frogs: Colostethus-Talamancae	$50