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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.
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 ...
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.
Oophaga sylvatica, sometimes known as its Spanish name diablito, is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae found in Southwestern Colombia and Northwestern Ecuador. [3] Its natural habitat is lowland and submontane rainforest; it can, however, survive in moderately degraded areas, at least in the more humid parts of its range.
Ranitomeya summersi, sometimes referred to as Summers' poison frog, [1] is a species of poison dart frogs found in the central Huallaga River drainage and adjacent Cordillera Azul National Park in central Peru. [1][3] Before 2008, the species was considered a subspecies of Ranitomeya fantastica. [2] The IUCN considers it an endangered species ...
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 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 ...