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Blue Poison Dart Frog
(Dendrobates Tinctorius Azureus) Often said to be the most alluring of all frog species. The blue poison dart frog is a relic species living in a few isolated patches of relic rainforest habitat.
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Blue and Yellow Poison Dart Frog
(Dendrobates Tinctorius Surinam Cobalt)
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Green Poison Dart Frog
(Epipedobates trivittatus) Green back morph from Peru. By adulthood the black coloration on its back will have turned completely green.
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Green Poison Dart Frog
(Epipedobates trivittatus) Green back morph from Peru. By adulthood the black coloration on its back will have turned completely green.
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Orange Poison Dart Frog
(Phyllobates terribilis) The most poisonous organism on the planet. A Female Golden Poison Arrow Frog from Colombia, South America. This amphibian is about 1 inch in length. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20, 000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms.
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Poison Dart Frog metamorph
(Dendrobates Imitator) Approx. 5mm acrossA newly metamorphed D. imitator poison dart froglet emerging from the water. Over the next few days the tail will be fully reabsorbed and the young froglet can feed regularly on small invertebrates.
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Poison Dart Frog Tadpole
(Dendrobates Imitator)
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Red Poison Dart Frog
(Epipedobates Allobates zaparo) Allobates zaparo a non-toxic species has modelled itself on one of two toxic frogs that are similiar - Epipedobates parvulus and E. bilinguis. Yet you would have thought that, in order to save itself from being eaten by roaming chickens and other birds it would mimic the more poisonous frog for protection. Strangely It seems it imitates the lesser toxic frog Epipedobates bilinguis
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Poison Dart Frog w/ tadpole
(Dendrobates Imitator)
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Red Poison Dart Frog
(Epipedobates Allobates zaparo) Allobates zaparo a non-toxic species has modelled itself on one of two toxic frogs that are similiar - Epipedobates parvulus and E. bilinguis. Yet you would have thought that, in order to save itself from being eaten by roaming chickens and other birds it would mimic the more poisonous frog for protection. Strangely It seems it imitates the lesser toxic frog Epipedobates bilinguis
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Yellow Poison Dart Frog
(Dendrobates Oophaga Pumilio) The bright, aposematic warning colors displayed by Dendrobates (Oophaga) pumilio are indicative of the presence of various toxins present in the frog's skin. These chemicals likely give the frog a bad taste, limiting predation. Oophaga pumilio does not possess any chemical capable of seriously harming humans.
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Red Poison Dart Frog
(Epipedobates Allobates zaparo) Allobates zaparo a non-toxic species has modelled itself on one of two toxic frogs that are similiar - Epipedobates parvulus and E. bilinguis. Yet you would have thought that, in order to save itself from being eaten by roaming chickens and other birds it would mimic the more poisonous frog for protection. Strangely It seems it imitates the lesser toxic frog Epipedobates bilinguis
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Yellow and Black Poison Dart Frog
(Dendrobates Imitator)
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Tiny Praying Mantis
(Phyllocrania paradoxa) Referred to commonly as the Ghost Mantis
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Yellow and Black Poison Dart Frog
(Dendrobates Tinctorius)
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