Editing Poison dart frog (section)

=== Aggressive behavior and territoriality ===
Both kale and female Dendrobatidae are territorial and display [[Aggression|aggressive behavior]], both as tadpoles and adults.<ref name="Crump-1972">{{Cite journal |last=Crump |first=Martha L. |date=1972 |title=Territoriality and Mating Behavior in ''Dendrobates granuliferus'' (Anura: Dendrobatidae) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3890619 |journal=Herpetologica |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=195–198 |jstor=3890619 |issn=0018-0831}}</ref> Dendrobatidae are especially aggressive in defending regions that serve as male calling sites.<ref name="Crump-1972" /> Males wrestle with intruders of their territory in order to defend their calling sites as well as their vegetation.<ref name="Crump-1972" /> While vocalization and various behavioral displays serve as a way of exhibiting one's strength or fitness, territorial disputes and fights often escalate to physical combat and aggression.<ref name="Crump-1972" /> Physical violence and aggression are particularly common at times of calling. If it an intruder is detected making calls in the [[territory]] of a Dendrobatidae frog, the resident frog attempts to eliminate the competition to claim the territory and the females in it for himself.<ref name="Crump-1972" /> The resident frog initially makes its presence known by the means of vocalization and various behavioral displays as a way to exert dominance, but if this does not scare away the intruder, then the resident frog moves towards the intruder and strikes them.<ref name="Crump-1972" /> These encounters immediately escalate into a full on fight where both strike each other and grasp each other's limbs.<ref name="Crump-1972" /> Similarly, the females also often get into fights and display aggressive behaviors in disputes over territory or a mating conflict. It has also been observed that females who are going after the same male, after hearing their call, chase each other down and wrestle to fight for the male.<ref name="Summers-1989">{{Cite journal |last=Summers |first=Kyle |date=1989-05-01 |title=Sexual selection and intra-femalecompetition in the green poison-dart frog, Dendrobates auratus |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472%2889%2990064-X |journal=Animal Behaviour |language=en |volume=37 |pages=797–805 |doi=10.1016/0003-3472(89)90064-X |hdl=2027.42/27957 |s2cid=34627111 |issn=0003-3472|hdl-access=free }}</ref> After a female courts with a male, they are also very likely to exhibit aggressive behavior towards any females that approach that male.<ref name="Summers-1989" /> Both the males and females bout their own respective sexes for each other in a fairly similar fashion.<ref name="Summers-1989" />