Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
Common Name: Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
Scientific Name: Dendrobates auratus
Physical Description: The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog is aptly named for its green body with black stripes and dots. Their 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 counterparts1.
Habitat: The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog lives on the rainforest floor near streams and pools of water where they can breed1.
Range: They live in Central America in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, into Colombia
Diet: They eat insects such as ants, mites, and beetles
Life Span: They live 10-15 years in human care2
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 Concern3
Other: Poison dart frogs are also known as poison arrow frogs as indigenous tribes used their poison on their darts and arrows1. 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 investigated1,4.
1https://www.zoonewengland.org/stone-zoo/our-animals/reptiles-amphibians/green-and-black-poison-dart-frog/
2https://www.rosamondgiffordzoo.org/experience/animals/amphibians/green-and-black-poison-dart-frog/
3https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55174/3024941
4https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359223/#:~:text=Epibatidine%20(exo%2D2%2D(6,darts%20for%20hunting%20%5B1%5D.
Scientific Name: Dendrobates auratus
Physical Description: The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog is aptly named for its green body with black stripes and dots. Their 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 counterparts1.
Habitat: The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog lives on the rainforest floor near streams and pools of water where they can breed1.
Range: They live in Central America in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, into Colombia
Diet: They eat insects such as ants, mites, and beetles
Life Span: They live 10-15 years in human care2
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 Concern3
Other: Poison dart frogs are also known as poison arrow frogs as indigenous tribes used their poison on their darts and arrows1. 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 investigated1,4.
1https://www.zoonewengland.org/stone-zoo/our-animals/reptiles-amphibians/green-and-black-poison-dart-frog/
2https://www.rosamondgiffordzoo.org/experience/animals/amphibians/green-and-black-poison-dart-frog/
3https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55174/3024941
4https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359223/#:~:text=Epibatidine%20(exo%2D2%2D(6,darts%20for%20hunting%20%5B1%5D.
