Poison Dart Frog Climbing Tree (Dendrobates auratus)
San Vito
Costa Rica
Wilson Botanical Garden
The green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog is a brightly-colored member of the order Anura native to southern CentraI America and Colombia. It is one of the most variably colored species of poison dart frogs, and is of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The green-and-black poison dart frog has the typical appearance of the members of its family; males average 0.75 in (1.9 cm) in snout–vent length, while females are slightly larger.
The green-and-black poison dart frog is one of the most variable of all poison frogs in color and pattern. This variation is to some extent individual but also depends heavily on exact location. Despite the name green-and-black poison dart frog, some variants have no green or black.
The green-and-black poison dart frog is found in humid lowland and submontane forests in southeastern Nicaragua on the Atlantic slope, eastern Costa Rica on the Atlantic slope and in the southwest on the Pacific slope, widely in Panama, and into far northwestern Colombia in the Chocó Department.
The green-and-black poison dart frog, while not the most toxic poison dart frog, is still a highly toxic animal. The very small amount of poison the frog possesses is enough to make a human heart stop beating. The green-and-black poison dart frog, as with all poison dart frogs, loses its toxicity in captivity due to a change in diet. This has led some scientists to believe that the green-and-black poison frog takes its poison from the mites, springtails, ants and other insects (such as beetles and flies) on which it feeds. – Wikipedia
Poison Dart Frog Climbing Tree (Dendrobates auratus)
San Vito
Costa Rica
Wilson Botanical Garden
The green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog is a brightly-colored member of the order Anura native to southern CentraI America and Colombia. It is one of the most variably colored species of poison dart frogs, and is of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The green-and-black poison dart frog has the typical appearance of the members of its family; males average 0.75 in (1.9 cm) in snout–vent length, while females are slightly larger.
The green-and-black poison dart frog is one of the most variable of all poison frogs in color and pattern. This variation is to some extent individual but also depends heavily on exact location. Despite the name green-and-black poison dart frog, some variants have no green or black.
The green-and-black poison dart frog is found in humid lowland and submontane forests in southeastern Nicaragua on the Atlantic slope, eastern Costa Rica on the Atlantic slope and in the southwest on the Pacific slope, widely in Panama, and into far northwestern Colombia in the Chocó Department.
The green-and-black poison dart frog, while not the most toxic poison dart frog, is still a highly toxic animal. The very small amount of poison the frog possesses is enough to make a human heart stop beating. The green-and-black poison dart frog, as with all poison dart frogs, loses its toxicity in captivity due to a change in diet. This has led some scientists to believe that the green-and-black poison frog takes its poison from the mites, springtails, ants and other insects (such as beetles and flies) on which it feeds. – Wikipedia