Phyllobates Vittatus The Golfodulcean Poison Frog Code
4' x6', Acrylic on Canvas
$1,500.00
©1997
Found mostly along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica in the Puntarenas Province this species is most easily distinguished by the wide, bright metallic orange dorsal stripes on a black back combined with finely dotted bright green hind legs. It has two bright orange stripes from the snout to the tail. Most of the colors are metallic. It is mostly a ground dweller.
While searching the streams on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, I found this creature hiding under a rock and some leaves. He let me photograph him for over an hour and when I put my hands out towards him he jumped in my palms and then leapt into the water. When I ran out of film, I made the trek back up the cliff to our cabin. When I returned he was still perched on his rock with his hands folded as if giving me a sermon. I found it amazing that I could be gone nearly an hour and this little creature was still in his territory in the exact same location.