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Distribution of Dendrobatidae (in black) Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. [ 2 ] These species are diurnal and often have brightly colored bodies.
Description. The golden poison frog is the largest species of the poison dart frog family, and can reach a weight of nearly 30 grams with a length of 6 cm as adults. [7] Females are typically larger than males. [4] The adults are brightly colored, while juvenile frogs have mostly black bodies with two golden-yellow stripes along their backs.
Binomial name. Dendrobates leucomelas. Steindachner, 1864. Distribution of the five Dendrobates species, with D. leucomelas in green. The yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas), also known as yellow-headed poison dart frog or bumblebee poison frog, is a poison dart frog from the genus Dendrobates of the family Dendrobatidae.
Epipedobates narinensis [1] is a species of poison dart frog (family Dendrobatidae). It was first described as a distinct species in 2008. After a major reclassification of poison dart frogs in 2006, Epipedobates had only 5 species remaining in the genus. [2] E. narinensis is one of two species since discovered and described in Epipedobates ...
Strawberry poison-dart frog. The strawberry poison frog, strawberry poison-dart frog or blue jeans poison frog (Oophaga pumilio, formerly Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small poison dart frog found in Central America. [2] It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern ...
Phyllobates bicolor, or more commonly referred to as the black-legged poison dart frog, is the world's second-most toxic dart frog. [2] Under the genus Phyllobates, this organism is often mistaken as Phyllobates terribilis, the golden poison frog, as both are morphologically similar. However, Phyllobates bicolor is identifiable by the yellow or ...
Epipedobates. Myers, 1987. Type species. Prostherapis tricolor. Boulenger, 1899. Diversity. 7 species (see text) Epipedobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to northern South America (Colombia and Ecuador) west of the Andes, including the western slopes. Common name phantasmal poison frogs has been suggested for the genus.
When they searched her suitcase, police in Bogotá say they found 130 harlequin poison-dart frogs, which were stored in individual small film canisters.