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Dendrobatinae is the main subfamily of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae, the poison dart frogs of Central and South America, found from Nicaragua to the Amazon basin in Brazil.

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Dendrobatidae
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Färberfrosch Dendrobates tinctorius.jpg
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Dendrobatinae
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subfamily
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Dendrobatinae
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Category:Dendrobatinae
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Dendrobatinae is the main subfamily of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae, the poison dart frogs of Central and South America, found from Nicaragua to the Amazon basin in Brazil.

==Description== Dendrobatinae are generally small frogs; Andinobates minutus is as small as in snout–vent length. Many species are brightly colored and all are toxic. Alkaloids in Phyllobates are particularly potent.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dendrobatinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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