These species are all obligate egg-feeders which occur in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Chocoan Colombia, and parts of western Ecuador. This is a well-defined clade possessing several synapomorphies, including a cartilaginous omosternum, female tadpole transport, fused sacrum and eighth vertebra, and two medial larval ‘teeth’.
Species contained:
- Oophaga arboreaMyers, Daly, and Martinez, 1984
- Oophaga granuliferaTaylor, 1958
- Oophaga histrionicaBerthold, 1845
- Oophaga lehmanniMyers and Daly, 1976
- Oophaga occultatorMyers and Daly, 1976
- Oophaga pumilioSchmidt, 1857
- Oophaga speciosaSchmidt, 1857
- Oophaga sylvaticaFunkhouser, 1956
- Oophaga vicenteiJungfer, Weygoldt, and Juraske, 1996