Poison Frog Porn, Part II: Costa Rica and Panamá

Given the region, mostly a blizzard of strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio morphs, but for now we lead with "something completely different”.

by Jay Vannini

Oophaga granulifera, green phase, San José Province, Costa Rica. Image: ©F. Muller

Dendrobates auratus, Santa Fé, Veraguas, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

“Colombian” golden morph, Dendrobates auratus, Guna Yala, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio - classic “blue jeans” strawberry poison frog, Limón Province, Costa Rica. This population is sometimes referred to as O. typographica in the live animal trade. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, gold and gray morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, pure orange morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©Fred Muller

Oophaga pumilio, green and blue morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©Fred Muller

Oophaga pumilio, red morph, Limón Province, Costa Rica. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, all blue morph, Bocas del Toro Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, polka dot orange morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, “strawberry morph”, Limón Province, Costa Rica. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, pretending to be a blue Dendrobates auratus. Las chicas apparently dig it. Bocas del Toro Province, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, yellow and sky blue morph, Bocas del Toro province, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, bullseye bronze-legged morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

A good example of why they call some dendrobatid species “thumbnail poison frogs”. Mature Oophaga pumilio, red morph, Bocas del Toro Province, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

Dendrobates auratus, blue bulls-eye morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller.

Oophaga pumilio, dusky orange morph, Limón Province, Costa Rica. Image: ©F. Muller

Oophaga pumilio, black-spotted gold and sky blue morph, Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©Fred Muller

Dendrobates auratus, another unusual morph , Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Image: ©F. Muller

“You’re a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I’m very fond of you, but you’re only quite a little fellow in a wide world, after all”. Quote: J.R.R. Tolkien. Image: ©F. Muller

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