Dendrobatoidea

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]

Dendrobatoidea
Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Superfamily:	Dendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
Families
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Taxonomy

Families:

• Aromobatidae (Grant et al., 2006)
• Dendrobatidae (Cope, 1865)