BLUE POISON DART FROG

ORDER

Anura

FAMILY

Dendrobatidae

HABITAT AND RANGE

They live in isolated spots of tropical rainforest in Central and South America.

IDENTIFICATION

Easily identifiable by their bright blue bodies with black spots, and are about 1 inch long.

DIET

Ants, termites, small beetles, and any other type of small insects they can find.

REPRODUCTION AND LIFESPAN

Live 3-15 years in the wild. Females lay eggs under moist leaves, and when they hatch the males carry each tadpole to its own individual pond of water.

NOTES

• As their name suggests, their skin is highly toxic, and because of this have only one predator, a type of snake that has developed a resistance to their toxins
• Their toxins are believed to come from the insects they eat
• Their tadpoles are cannibalistic and must be placed in their own pools of water, and are fed by their mothers unfertilized eggs.