These dwarf cobalt tinctorius are some pretty special frogs in my opinion! These are our four to five month old juveniles, nice robust little guys! I often brag about our “1 inch” juveniles but these might be a little smaller, they come out of the water small, and are a little slow to get a bit of size, but once they start growing, they grow up fast.  I usually get these to adult hood by 12 to 14 months! The pictures in this listing are very typical of each and every juvenile we will be sending out, the bright yellow markings are to be found on each of these. This is noteworthy, since most of the “cobalt” forms are somewhat variable in the shades of yellow they may show, and some cobalt form D. tinctorius are actually marked with fairly pallid yellows. Not these!  Anyway, their smaller size makes them ideal for smaller enclosures, and overall they are just a nice little dart frog.

These frogs were common in the hobby in the 90’s and called Dwarf Cobalts or sometimes “nominate”, although this is not a correct use of the term. Today more attention is placed on giving dart frogs common names that reflect the original habitat where they are found, so many frogs that were once given a generic name like “Dwarf Cobalts” are now labeled as something specific like “Kaw Mountain”.  Kaw Mountain is located within a range of hills, reaching only a few hundred feet above sea level. The range of hills runs for about twenty miles, between the small village of Kaw and the village of Roura, not too far from the Atlantic coast of French Guiana. There are several forms of small tinctorius that are found in this general area, these Kaw Mountain, obviously, as well as a similar form found near, and named for, the village Roura.  Then at the southern end of the “mountains”, near the Oyapok river a couple of more small forms are found.  It is interesting to me that several forms of tinctorius occupy this small area, and all are very similar in size, and are some of the smallest tinctorius known.

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