The perfect way to show your support for SAVE THE FROGS! amphibian conservation efforts. Wear this t-shirt featuring the Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius), and help spread the word about our mission to prevent the largest mass-extinction eve
One approach to preventing extinction of some of the affected species is to create assurance colonies. These sustainable populations might some day be used to reestablish wild populations. One issue with creating assurance colonies is successful breeding; often difficulties arise when attempting to ...
by Jose Andres And Andres Posso-Terranova,The Conversation Oophaga andresii is one of the newly described species of Harlequin poison frog. Credit: Jose Andrés, Author provided Dart frogs from the rainforests of Central and South America make their powerful poison by eating toxic bugs. Their bold...
A single "golden poison frog" harbours enough poison to kill 10 grown men, making these frogs perhaps the most poisonous animals alive. They are one of many species of toxic frogs, which are known as poison dart frogs. They are all small: the largest are no more than 6cm long, and so...
Poison Dart Frog Threatened by Toxic Gold MinesJohn R. Platt
In this project the efficacy of sexual conditioning to improve breeding behavior in the dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) was tested. The frogs were trained with a stimulus that was either predictive of or independent of exposure to a member of the opposite sex. The group trained with ...