Dendrobatoidea | |
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Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus" | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Superfamily: | Dendrobatoidea Cope, 1865 |
Families | |
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The Dendrobatoidea are a superfamily of frogs.[1] This group is found in the Neotropics and has the largest diversity of alkaloids among all amphibians. These alkaloids show up in the skin by one of three ways: de novo biosynthesis, direct sequestration, or metabolic transformation.[2]