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2. Ibid.
3. Daly, J. W., Andriamaharavo, N. R., Andriantsiferana, M., & Myers C. W. (August 23, 1996). Madagascan Poison Frogs (Mantella) And Their Skin Alkoloids. American Museum Novitates, Number 3177, by American Museum of Natural History (PDF file retrieved from the Digital Library of the AMNH: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3635), p. 3
4. Ibid.
5. Hardman, C. (January 2000). Frogs with a Toxic Taste. Americas (English Edition), Vol. 52. Retrieved September 24, 2007 from Questia.com
6. Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., & Wheeler, W. C. (August 15, 2006). Phylogenetic Systematics of Dart-Poison Frogs and Their Relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Number 299 (PDF file retrieved from the Digital Library of the AMNH: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5803), p. 7
7. Ibid.
8. Myers, C. W., Daly, J. W., & Malkin, B. (1978). A dangerously toxic new frog (Phyllobates) used by Embera Indians of Western Colombia, with discussion of blowgun fabrication and dart poisoning. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 161: Article 2, New York (PDF file retrieved from the Digital Library of the AMNH: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1286), p. 311
9. Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., & Wheeler, W. C. (August 15, 2006). Phylogenetic Systematics of Dart-Poison Frogs and Their Relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Number 299 (PDF file retrieved from the Digital Library of the AMNH: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5803), p. 8
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
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6. Ibid.
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11. Ibid.
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13. Ibid.
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6. Ibid, pp. 6 -7
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8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
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11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
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3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid, p.312
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid, pp. 326 - 327
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11. Bolívar, W. & Lötters, S. 2004. Phyllobates terribilis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved September 17, 2007 from www.iucnredlist.org
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
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15. Ibid.
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17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.