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The golden poison frog is one of the most poisonous animals on the planet; these frogs produce deadly alkaloid batrachotoxins in their skin glands as a defense against predators. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] To become poisoned a predator generally must attempt to consume the frog, although this species is so toxic that even touching an individual frog can be ...
Mantella baroni (often known by its common names, such as Baron's mantella, the variegated golden frog, or the Madagascar poison frog [2]) is a species of small poisonous frog in the family Mantellidae.
Mantella (also known as golden frogs or Malagasy poison frogs) are a prominent genus of aposematic frogs in the family Mantellidae, endemic to the island of Madagascar. [1] Members of Mantella are diurnal and terrestrial , with bright aposematic coloration or cryptic markings.
Dendrobatidae Poison Dart Frogs lipophilic alkaloid toxins: allopumiliotoxin 267A, batrachotoxin, epibatidine, histrionicotoxin, pumiliotoxin 251D: humid, tropical environments of Central and South America Mantella genus Golden frogs or Malagasy poison frogs alkaloid toxins Madagascar northern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi)
Amphibians, particularly frogs, are among the hardest hit by an extinction crisis, as are insects and reptiles. Frogs are dying off at record rates, an ominous sign the 6th mass extinction is ...
Phyllobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Colombia. There are 3 different Colombian species of Phyllobates, considered highly toxic species due to the poison they contain in the wild. Phyllobates contains the most poisonous species of frog, the golden poison frog (P. terribilis).
Batrachotoxin has also been found in all described species of the poison dart frog genus Phyllobates from Nicaragua to Colombia, including the golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), black-legged poison frog (P. bicolor), lovely poison frog (P. lugubris), Golfodulcean poison frog (P. vittatus), and Kokoe poison frog (P. aurotaenia).
When they searched her suitcase, police in Bogotá say they found 130 harlequin poison-dart frogs, which were stored in individual small film canisters.