Most species deposit eggs in the leaf litter; tadpoles are transported to the water on the backs of the parents. Allobates nidicola and Allobates chalcopis, however, have endotrophic tadpoles that develop into froglets in the nest, without entering water.
Most frog species lay eggs in leaf litter; tadpoles are transported to water on parent's backs; Allobates nidicola and Allobates chalcopis have endotrophic tadpoles that develop into froglets within their nests, without entering water.