Golden Poison Dart Frog
Phyllobates terribilis
Amphibia
ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-15 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Endangered
About
The golden poison dart frog is the most toxic vertebrate on Earth — a single adult carries enough batrachotoxin in its skin to kill ten adult humans. Indigenous Emberá hunters in Colombia rub blowgun darts across its back to coat them with venom, making this tiny frog one of the most dangerous animals alive.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
- 2.tadpoleA gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
- 3.juvenileA near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
- 4.adultFully grown at adult size, breathing air.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Phyllobates
- Species
- Phyllobates terribilis