make their mating call in morning between the times of 6:30 am to 11:30 am. The calling would typically come from a place of elevation from various pieces of nature. The males would usually be on average one meter above the ground on limbs, trunks, and stems, or logs of trees so that their voice traveled further as well as the fact that it would help themselves be seen. The calls were signaled towards the stream as the females typically were in that area. Each male typically had their own region in which they only made calls from, and typically an individual would repeat their calls from the same spot during a mating season. After the call is received, the female makes its way to the male, and fertilization occurred in a few instances. This observed fertilization was not accomplished through amplexus. Initiation and interaction during courtship typically were the result of active females rather than males. The females stroked, climbed on, and jumped on the other in tactile courtship, and were by far the more active sex. The duration of courtship in poison frogs is long and females could even reject males even after an entire day of active following which was found to occur in a few instances. In the majority of cases, the males in fact chose the oviposition site and led the way and females usually followed the male to the site. In some Dendrobatidae species, such as strawberry poison frog, visual cues under high light intensity were also used to identify individuals from the same population. Different species use different cues to identify individuals from their same population during the time of mating and courtship. Diet The diet of the Dendrobatidae is unique and vital in giving this family of frogs characteristics that are distinct from the rest. The diet of Dendrobatidae is what gives them the alkaloids that are found in their skin. This unique skin color and pigmentation and ability to transform color is an distinct feature that finds its basis in its diet. The diet is also what allows this family of frogs to have a defense mechanism such as poison, which is why it's commonly referred to as the poison dart frog. Both skin alkaloids and venoms and toxins are substances that can be from endogenous sources. Endogenous sources essentially means that the individual themselves is producing or synthesizing those substances