The golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), also known as the golden dart frog or golden poison arrow frog, is a poison dart frog endemic from the rainforests of Colombia. The golden poison frog has become endangered due to habitat destruction within its naturally limited range.

The golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), also known as the golden dart frog or golden poison arrow frog, is a poison dart frog endemic to the rainforests of Colombia. The golden poison frog has become endangered due to habitat destruction within its naturally limited range.

The golden poison frog also known as the golden dart frog, or golden poison arrow frog, is a species of poison dart frog, and the most poisonous frog in the world. Golden Poison Frog Facts Overview

2024年11月6日 · Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a serious punch.

The Embera Choco indigenous people of western Colombia rub their homemade blow darts against the the back of a golden dart frog to coat the darts with poison. The frog is impaled at the end of a stick and then heated over a fire. The poison on the coated dart can last for a year.

These brightly colored amphibians are among the largest of the more than 100 poison dart frog species, averaging more than one inch in length. They live within a tiny plot of rain forest on...

The golden dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is a poison dart frog. It lives in the Pacific coast of Colombia. In captivity, poison dart frogs are not poisonous. It is in the wild where they are poisonous because of what they eat. This amphibian of the Dendrobatidae family is considered the most poisonous vertebrate in the world. [1]

As young frogs, they start off completely black with golden stripes that spread as they grow. The Golden Poison Dart Frog is the most poisonous of all dart frogs. Unique among frogs, they have four unwebbed toes on each foot and a bony, teeth-like plate in their upper jaw!

Discovered in 1973 and first scientifically described in 1978, the Golden Poison Frog is one of the largest of the poison dart frogs and it can grow to 5 centimetres. Its bright colour can vary, especially geographically, but is either golden-orange, golden-yellow or pale green.

Golden poison frogs are covered by an alkaloid poison which can cause a numbing sensation or in some cases even death. Their poison is considered one of the most potent of any poison dart frog. Each individual frog carries enough poison at a single time to kill ten people.