Thank you for your interest in contributing to dendrobates.org!

We are looking for photos of wild animals rather than photos of terrarium animals. We strive for accounts that are first-hand field observations rather than accounts gleaned from the literature. Photos must be either property of the contributor or of someone who has given consent for them to be used on the website. Photos should be emailed as attachments (preferably as a single .zip file). We are looking for photos that are around 640 x 480 resolution or higher. If available, please include a call recording.

Below is an outline for how to write a species account. Accounts can be compiled into a text document and emailed to evan.twomey@gmail.com

• Your name (and university affiliation if applicable)
• Species name (please use recent nomenclature. See Grant et al. 2006)
• General info
  • When did you observe this species?
  • Where did you observe it?
• Distribution
  • Make sure to note type locality, country occurrence, elevation, etc. Type locality and other distribution information can be found by doing a search on the AMNH Amphibian Species of the World website.
  • Example: Peru, upper Huallaga drainage in San Martin and Loreto departments. Occurs from near Tocache north to the Cordillera Escalera near Tarapoto, and east to Rio Ucayali. Inhabits elevations 180-860 m above sea level. Type locality is near Tarapoto, Peru. View type locality in Google Maps.
• Natural history
  • Make note of breeding behaviors, tadpole deposition sites, habitats used by adults, calling behavior, etc
  • Example: This species, like most other species of Ameerega, lays eggs in the leaf litter and deposits tadpoles in small, non-flowing water bodies. We have found tadpoles of this species in roadside ditches occurring with A. bassleri and Phyllomedusa tomopterna. This species is common in disturbed areas and secondary forest, and can be found most easily right before dusk when males call vigorously. The call is a 'peep' repeated at a frequency of around 1 call per second.
• Conservation status
  • Can use the IUCN Red List category and include any other relevant information such as range size, risk of habitat loss, known diseases, and illegal collection risk.
  • Example: Current populations appear to be a shadow of what they once were. Much of this frogs habitat has been cleared for cattle pastures and tea farms. The remaining populations have been decimated by heavy smuggling activity for the past 15 years. The status of this species in the wild is potentially fragile and the time to begin a conservation initiative is now.
• Notes
  • Here you can include any other pertinent information that doesn't fit anywhere else. Examples would include phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic issues, legal status in the hobby, different morphs of the species.
• References
  • Please include here any references cited within the account, or any other papers relevant to the species.
  • Please use the following format:
    • Roberts, J.L., J. L. Brown, R. von May, W. Arizabal, A. Presar, R. Symula, R. Schulte, and K. Summers. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among poison frogs of the genus Dendrobates (Dendrobatidae): A molecular perspective and increased taxon sampling. The Herpetological Journal 16: 377-385.
      
• Photo information
  • For each photo, please identify:
    • a) photographer
    • b) general location