Blue poison dart frog

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Blue poison dart frog Temporal range: Gelasian-Present 2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Dendrobates
Species:	D. azureus
Subspecies:	D. a. maculatus
Trinomial name
Dendrobates azureus maculatus (Hoogmoed, 1969)

The blue poison dart frog or blue poison arrow frog (Dendrobates azureus maculatus) is a poison dart frog found in the "forest islands" surrounded by the Sipaliwini Savanna in southern Suriname and northern Pará (Brazil). Its indigenous Tirio name is okopipi. The name "azureus" comes from its azure blue color. While first described as a valid species and usually recognized as such in the past, recent authorities generally treat it as a morph of D. tinctorius, although a few treat it as a subspecies of D. tinctorius or continue to treat it as its own species.^[1][2][3][4] To what extent it differs from the blue D. tinctorius in southern Guyana, adjacent Pará (Brazil) and possibly far southwestern Suriname, is also a matter of dispute, and many herpetologists, as well as many people keeping poison dart frogs in captivity, have not distinguished these, with all commonly being identified as azureus.^[3]