Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog
Common Name: Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog
Scientific Name: Phyllobates vittatus
Physical Description: The Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog has a speckled blue and green underside over a black base. They have orange, red, or yellow stripes running down their dorsal side. A small frog, they grow up to an inch and weigh less than one ounce1. They are poisonous when ingested, a poison produced from their diet. Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frogs hatched and raised in human care are not poisonous due to changes in their diet.
Habitat: They live in forests and inland wetlands. These wetlands are freshwater bodies that provide breeding habitats for the frogs.
Range: They live on the southern coast of Costa Rica.
Diet: They eat insects such as ants and mites.
Life Span: They live 10 years on average.
Social Structure: The male Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog is territorial, establishing an area for courtship with a female2. After the courtship and laying of the eggs on leaves, the male will guard the eggs, and upon hatching, transport them on his back to the water3.
Status: Vulnerable4
Other: Their bright colors, or aposematic coloration, serve as a warning sign to predators that they are poisonous!
1 https://brevardzoo.org/animals/rainforest-revealed/golfodulcean-poison-dart-frog/
2 https://www.henryvilaszoo.gov/animal/golfodulcean-poison-dart-frog/
3 https://virginiazoo.org/animal/golfodulcean-dart-frog/
4 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55265/157629569
Scientific Name: Phyllobates vittatus
Physical Description: The Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog has a speckled blue and green underside over a black base. They have orange, red, or yellow stripes running down their dorsal side. A small frog, they grow up to an inch and weigh less than one ounce1. They are poisonous when ingested, a poison produced from their diet. Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frogs hatched and raised in human care are not poisonous due to changes in their diet.
Habitat: They live in forests and inland wetlands. These wetlands are freshwater bodies that provide breeding habitats for the frogs.
Range: They live on the southern coast of Costa Rica.
Diet: They eat insects such as ants and mites.
Life Span: They live 10 years on average.
Social Structure: The male Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog is territorial, establishing an area for courtship with a female2. After the courtship and laying of the eggs on leaves, the male will guard the eggs, and upon hatching, transport them on his back to the water3.
Status: Vulnerable4
Other: Their bright colors, or aposematic coloration, serve as a warning sign to predators that they are poisonous!
1 https://brevardzoo.org/animals/rainforest-revealed/golfodulcean-poison-dart-frog/
2 https://www.henryvilaszoo.gov/animal/golfodulcean-poison-dart-frog/
3 https://virginiazoo.org/animal/golfodulcean-dart-frog/
4 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55265/157629569
