PARACHUTING BEHAVIOR OF DENDROBATIES PUMILIO WHEN DROPPED FROM PRIMARY FOREST CANOPY OF ISLA COLON, PANAMA

Katherine Vecchi

Saint Leo University

Honors Department

Bocas del Drago, Isla Colon Bocas del Toro, Panama and ITEC (Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation)

Bocas del Drago, Isla Colon Bocas del Toro, Panama

Dendrobaties pumilio

Areas Investigated

Male vs. Female Dendrobaties pumilio Dendrobaties pumilio vs. Colostethus sp Dendrobaties pumilio vs. Eleutherodactylus sp.

In the areas of: Drop Times Ratio of Snout Vent Length (mm) and Mass (g) Ratio of Snout Vent Length (mm) and Hind Limb

Length Parachuting Behavior

Dendrobaties pumilio

Colostethus sp

Eleutherodactylus sp.

Drop Site

32 Meters Above the Ground

Results

Male vs. Female Dendrobaties pumilio

No significant significance between any of the three sets

Dendrobaties pumilio vs. Colostethus sp.

Dendrobaties pumilio vs. Eleutherodactylus sp.

Significance found between all sets of data