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​Green and Black Poison Dart Frog

​Green and Black Poison Dart Frog

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Common Name: Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
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Scientific Name: Dendrobates auratus[1]

Physical Description: The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog is aptly named for its green body with black stripes and dots. It’s shades of green can vary from light to dark but serve as a warning sign to predators of its toxicity. Adults grow up to 1.5 inches in length, with males typically smaller than their female counterparts.

Habitat: The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog lives on the rainforest floor near streams and pools of water where they can breed[2].

Range: Central America: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, into Colombia

Diet: Insects such as ants, mites, and beetles

Life Span: Up to 10-15 years in human care[3]

Social Structure: Male frogs attract a female mate using their unique call. Every species of frog produces their own identifiable call, and this allows them to signal to a mate that they are present and looking to reproduce.

Status: Least Concern

Other: Poison dart frogs are also known as poison arrow frogs as indigenous tribes used their poison on their darts and arrows32. One of their toxins, epibatidine, is being investigated as a painkiller as it is 200 times more effective than traditional painkillers, however side effects are still being investigated,[4].

 


[1] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55174/3024941
[2] https://www.zoonewengland.org/stone-zoo/our-animals/reptiles-amphibians/green-and-black-poison-dart-frog/
[3] https://www.rosamondgiffordzoo.org/experience/animals/amphibians/green-and-black-poison-dart-frog/
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359223/#:~:text=Epibatidine%20(exo%2D2%2D(6,darts%20for%20hunting%20%5B1%5D.

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