Colostethus

Colostethus is a genus of dendrobatid frogs distributed throughout South America and southern Central America. Like their relatives in the Hyloxalus genus, Colostethus species are normally non-toxic and cryptically coloured. While a few Colostethus species are toxic, they do not advertise the fact with vibrant warning colours. Colostethus species are capable of making explosive leaps to avoid predation, which has given them the common name rocket frogs. This name may also refer to Hyloxalus species. Colostethus species are rarely available in captivity, possibly due to being overlooked in favour of the more vivid dendrobatine frogs.

This genus once consisted of all of the cryptically coloured species. More recently the majority of the species have been placed in the Hyloxalus genus. In addition, the genus Silverstoneia has aggregated three species from Colostethus.

Species

 * Colostethus agilis
 * Colostethus alacris
 * Colostethus brachistriatus
 * Colostethus dysprosium
 * Colostethus fraterdanieli
 * Colostethus fugax
 * Colostethus furviventris
 * Colostethus imbricolus
 * Colostethus inguinalis
 * Colostethus jacobuspetersi
 * Colostethus latinasus
 * Colostethus lynchi
 * Colostethus mertensi
 * Colostethus panamensis
 * Colostethus pratti
 * Colostethus ruthveni
 * Colostethus thorntoni
 * Colostethus ucumari
 * Colostethus yaguara