Yellow-banded poison dart frog
The yellow-banded poison dart frog, also known as yellow-headed poison dart frog or bumblebee poison frog, is a poison dart frog from the genus Dendrobates of the family Dendrobatidae.
Yellow-banded poison dart frog
Adult D. leucomelas next to scale object (UK 2p) coin
Three Dendrobates leucomelas frogs in a tropical rainforest vivarium
Poison dart frog is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. These species are diurnal and often have brightly colored bodies. This bright coloration is correlated with the toxicity of the species, making them aposematic. Some species of the family Dendrobatidae exhibit extremely bright coloration along with high toxicity — a feature derived from their diet of ants, mites and termites— while species which eat a much larger variety of prey have cryptic coloration with minimal to no amount of observed toxicity. Many species of this family are threatened due to human infrastructure encroaching on their habitats.
Poison dart frog
Dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
The skin of the phantasmal poison frog contains epibatidine
Ranitomeya amazonica