Pet frogs lose their poisonous potency when in captivity due to dietary changes. ©iStock.com/William Krumpelman Poison is rarely an issue with a pet frog. Frogs are poisonous due to their diet of ants, mites, maggots, spiders, and beetles. Even poison dart frogs are safe to keep as p...
Most of these poison dart frogs are brightly colored, which display aposematic patterns to warn off potential predators. Their bright coloration is associated with the toxicity of the poison they excrete and the levels of alkaloids. When born and bred in captivity, Dendrobatidae don’t produce...