Appearance Poison dart frogs have gorgeous colors and patterns on their skin. ©Dirk Ercken/Shutterstock.com One of the adaptations these frogs are famous for is their brightly colored skin. This skin serves as a warning to predators about their extremely toxic secretions. The term for creatures...
What does one feed a pet poison dart frog? How do poison dart frogs catch their prey? Can poison dart frogs jump and swim? Poison dart frogs are members of the Dendrobatidae family and are considered to be the most poisonous amphibians disguised in very small and brilliantly colorful pack...
We describe and name a new species of poison-dart frog from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Manu Province, Madre de Dios Department, Peru; specifically within the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve and the buffer zone of Manu National Park. Ameerega shihuemoy sp. nov. is supported by a uniqu...
Alongside bullfrogs and hop toads, nearly everyone has heard of these deadly poison dart frogs. Rainforest hunters eagerly search these frogs because of their small size and colorful appearance and perhaps due to their toxic properties which makes them dangerous of the dangerous amphibians. Howev...
Officials estimate that more than 59,000 wild animals are illegally smuggled each year from Colombia. Some of the newly identified Harlequin poison frogs are considered the "holy grail" for frog aficionados because of their striking appearance. ...
Don't let their appearance fool you: Thimble-sized, dappled in cheerful colors and squishy, poison frogs in fact harbor some of the most potent neurotoxins we know. With a new paper published in the journal Science, scientists are a step closer to resolv
Ogilvy et al (2011) showed the difference in appearance of adult frogs when they were fed a carotenoid gut-loaded cricket with comparison to a normal cricket, but nevertheless the role of carotenoids in anurans is very poorly understood. Epipedobates tricolor is a South American poison dart ...
the skin secretion of the true poison dart frog, or golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), is so toxic that the tip of a dart rubbed across its back picks up sufficient poison to kill a largebirdor amonkey. The origin and production of the toxic skin secretions remains uncertain, bu...