Allobates femoralis (Boulenger 1884)

Males 28-33 mm, females 33-35 mm. The dorsum is black or dark brown. A light brown dorsolateral line and a broken white ventrolateral line run from the snout to the base of the legs. The legs are dark brown. An orange half-moon shaped patch extends from the base of the legs onto the thigh and there is an orange-yellow patch behind the forelimb. The belly is white with irregular black markings, and the throat region is black. Lithodytes lineatus is similar in size and color, but has a yellow dorsolateral stripe that circles the whole dorsum, hind legs with alternating light and dark bars, and more than one orange patch on the thighs.Short clip edited from "Allobates femoralis calling behavior"Allobates femoralis calling behaviorShows calling in the wild; the process ofrecording calls in the field; and behavior of an individual male in response tocall playback.Language: German. Run-time: 0:10 and 2:32.Videos submitted by Dr. W. Hödl. Click here (http://amphibiaweb.org/refs/pdfs/Phyllobates_femoralis.pdf) to download a .pdf of Hödl's (1983) paper describing the film.

Occurs principally on clay soils with seasonal pools, on the edges of the Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke in Brazil.

Diurnal and terrestrial. Adults feed mainly on beetles, ants, crickets and roaches, and juveniles eat mainly collembolans. Reproduction occurs between November and April, with a peak in January or February. Clutches contain about 8-17 eggs and are deposited out of water between fallen leaves. Development to hatching takes place between the leaves. The tadpoles are carried on the back of the male to pools. Males are territorial, and attend the eggs and tadpoles in the leaf nest. Males court females within their territories for 2-3 days before egg-laying.Females do not appear to respond to playback calls (Hödl 1983). (This paragraph is in the process of editing.)