Ameerega pongoensis

[stemcellular]

Species description:
Dendrobates.org - Ameerega pongoensis

Call:
http://www.dendrobates.org/calls/pongoensis.mp3

Status in the hobby:
Not currently available

Photos from the field:

One population, off the Rio Huallaga, San Martin, Peru

















Another population, along the Borja Ridge, San Martin, Peru

[davy]

also a beautifull species of ameerega.
you think these will come in the hobby?

[sports_doc]

When they finally do become available Ray, the folks who handled them in the wild should get first dibs

[davy]

i would like to get some of those. they look amazing.
so you guys are the first to get them?

[stemcellular]

They have proven difficult to breed in captivity from what I've heard.

[verbal]

They're stunning. Plain and simple.

[sports_doc]

Originally Posted by davy

i would like to get some of those. they look amazing.
so you guys are the first to get them?

LOL...just wishful thinking....

It was fun to hunt for them and they proved to be quite photogenic as you can tell by Ray's point and shoot shots....

S

[davy]

Originally Posted by sports_doc

LOL...just wishful thinking....

It was fun to hunt for them and they proved to be quite photogenic as you can tell by Ray's point and shoot shots....

S

haha yeah they are very photogenic, they are an amazing species.
since i've got my ameerega aff. hahneli, i'm really getting interested in this genus.
soon i'll be getting my bassleri sisa soon.
i find the ameerega hard to find in europe. the trivitatus, bassleri and pepperi are well offered but the smaller species like hahneli, pongoensis, cainarachi, parvula, macero etc are hard to find.

[Julio]

Originally Posted by davy

species like hahneli, pongoensis, cainarachi, parvula, macero etc are hard to find.

these frogs you described above are not easy to come by anywhere, from my understanding Parvula and Macero are not even near in the hobby, legally.

[davy]

i know that they were available several years ago (trough illegal import) but they don't appear in the hobby anymore.
i just hope that there will be a legal import in the near future with some nice ameerega species. if the demand is large on some species don't they import then?