Dangerous frog

Front page Explore#122. May 28,2009

 

Poison dart frogs

 

Dendrobates azureus (top) and Dendrobates leucomelas

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Suborder: Neobatrachia

Superfamily: Dendrobatoidea

Family: Dendrobatidae

 

Poison dart frog (also dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. Unlike most frogs, species are active during the day, and often exhibit brightly-colored bodies. Although all dendrobatids are at least somewhat toxic in the wild, levels of toxicity vary considerably from one species to the next, and from one population to another. Many species are critically endangered. These amphibians are often called "dart frogs" due to indigenous Amerindians' use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of blowdarts.

 

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