Camo
This morph of auratus could be considered a 'Capira Intergrade' but two lines of this morph have been well established in the hobby as 'camo' or 'camouflage' auratus and have been maintained as separate morphs for decades.
Melancon Line
In 1994 Ian Hiler brought in some typical campana auratus from the Pacific slope of western panama. He collected them from a forest island surrounded by de-forested cattle land. The individuals collected looked like typical brown and cream colored 'campana' frogs and were commonly referred to as "khalua and cream" morph. From these brown and cream colored frogs, some offspring that were brown with green markings were produced by Robb Melancon. Robb coined the name 'camo kahlua auratus' and the morph became well established in the hobby. This morph stays smaller than typical campana and shows a pattern of small green (sometimes blue) lines and spots on a light brown background.
See THIS THREAD for a discussion where Robb Melancon and Ian Hiler chime in to clarify the origin of this line of frog, and show photos of the founding stock and F1 camo patterend offspring.
SNDF line
In 2006 Marcus of Simply Natural Dart Frogs brought in some Capira integrades that appeared very similar to the Melancon line Camo auratus and so referred to these new imports as 'camo morph.' The frogs sold by JoshsFrogs and Understory Enterprises are from this SNDF line.
Melancon Line
In 1994 Ian Hiler brought in some typical campana auratus from the Pacific slope of western panama. He collected them from a forest island surrounded by de-forested cattle land. The individuals collected looked like typical brown and cream colored 'campana' frogs and were commonly referred to as "khalua and cream" morph. From these brown and cream colored frogs, some offspring that were brown with green markings were produced by Robb Melancon. Robb coined the name 'camo kahlua auratus' and the morph became well established in the hobby. This morph stays smaller than typical campana and shows a pattern of small green (sometimes blue) lines and spots on a light brown background.
See THIS THREAD for a discussion where Robb Melancon and Ian Hiler chime in to clarify the origin of this line of frog, and show photos of the founding stock and F1 camo patterend offspring.
SNDF line
In 2006 Marcus of Simply Natural Dart Frogs brought in some Capira integrades that appeared very similar to the Melancon line Camo auratus and so referred to these new imports as 'camo morph.' The frogs sold by JoshsFrogs and Understory Enterprises are from this SNDF line.
