Mixed Morph
A mixed-morph yellow-banded poison dart frog is a Dendrobates leucomelas with ancestry from more than one color or locality line. The species is also called the bumblebee poison dart frog and comes from northern South America, where wild frogs show black bodies marked with yellow, orange, cream, or pale bands and spots. In the hobby, named morphs often reflect locality, band width, or color intensity, so a mixed morph is best understood as a pet-line animal rather than a pure locality representative.
Captive-bred leucomelas are kept in humid planted vivariums with leaf litter, climbing surfaces, and enough misting or shallow water access to maintain stable moisture. They eat tiny live foods such as fruit flies, springtails, and pinhead crickets, and their wild skin alkaloids are not maintained on standard captive diets. Mixed morphs should be labeled clearly and not bred back into locality lines. Good records matter in dart frogs because visual pattern can be misleading once lines have been crossed.
Colors: Cream Band, High Yellow, Narrow Band, Normal/Wild Type, Orange Band, White Band, Wide Band
