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Breed station as a conservation
strategy for the golden frog
(Phyllobates terribilis)
Angie Marcela Chimbi Cordoba
University of Cundinamarca
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Animal husbandry program
2022

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 Introduction
The loss of biodiversity on the planet is more than 40,000
thousand species that are threatened with extinction

41% in the world 28% in Colombia

The golden frog is the main endangered amphibian

species listed by the IUCN.

One of the causes is the trade of illegal traffic,

therefore a conservation solution is sought.
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(UICN, 2021; Acosta, 2015)

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 Background

 Common Name: Golden poison dart

frog, golden dart frog, or terrible
arrowhead frog
 Scientific name: Phyllobates terribilis
 Amphibian of the family Dendrobatidae
 Endemic species
 Size: 37 and 45 mm in males and 40-47
mm in females
 Color: Bright homogeneous dorsal
yellow, orange/gold or greenish cream

(Alzate, lozano, Galvis, 2019)

(CITES, 2021; Sánchez, 2013; Márquez et al. 2012; Lötters et al., 1997)

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 They are
perhaps the
only creatures
immune to
their own
poison

The most In captivity

poisonous of
the
Phyllobates
BTX by feeding, it
loses its
toxicity

It is suspected
that a small
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Melyridae
family can
produce it.
(Vargas y Kouznetsov, 2019)

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 Cause
• UICNEN • Conservation
• CITES Appendix II projects are
• Collectors becoming more
• Illegal traffic and more
important

Conservatio
Situation
n

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 Statement of problem

Overexploitatio Introduction of
n of resources invasive species

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Trade in species Climate change
Poaching and illegal trafficking of this
species are for sale, generating 19,000
million dollars

Habitat Danger of Illegal mining

Despite the ban on poaching, thousands
of frogs are removed from the forests of
destruction
extinction the Colombian Pacific coast every year.

(WWF, 2021; Rueda, 2021)

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 Objectives of the paper
General Specific
To develop a zoo as a
conservation strategy for the To collect information on the golden frog
golden frog (Phyllobates for conservation.
terribilis)
To design a conservation plan through a
breed station

To evaluate the effectiveness and impact of

the conservation of the breed station.

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