Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Basic information about poison dart frog

  • Amphibian
Most adults  poison dart frog's can get up to .59 inches in height, 2.4 inches in length, and weigh up to .07 ounces, they are very small but deadly.

These specific type of frogs live on the Pacific Coast of Central and south America from Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia, they reside in Humid and tropical areas. 

They have very poisonous skin which makes them non edible, this means these frogs  do not have predators. They do ,however, In the wild, Green and Black Poison Dart Frogs, eat small invertebrates, such as spiders and small insects.

Green and Black poison dart frogs are not endangered, in fact, they were brought into Hawaii  in 1932 to decrease the population of insects that were growing quite rapidly.


*Fun Fact: Green and black poison dart frog's color is so bright for the simple fact to worn the predators that they will die if they eat them.



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