The Frogs

This photo was taken back in January 15th at the Fort Fisher Aquarium. In this picture are two Poison Dart Frogs. The blue one is simply known as the Blue Poison Dart Frog also known as Dendrobates Azureus. I believe the yellow colored frog is a Golden Poison Dart Frog. During class on Tuesday we learned about how a type of defense mechanism known as Aposematism which is coloration used to warn a predator that they do not want to eat that species, whether it be because they taste super bad or are deadly to eat. However, this is an example of Batesian Mimicry. As we discussed in class most species of Poison Dart Frogs have a mimic that is not poisonous. They mimic the coloration of the frogs that are actually poisonous so that predators like birds will not eat them because the predators think they are the poisonous version. I believe the two frogs depicted in the photo are actually Poison Dart Frogs (Mostly because that is what the sign said on the exhibit) and not their Batesain Mimics.

 

frogworld.net/poison-dart-frog/poison-dart-frog-types.html

 

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/group/poiso...

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