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  2. Poison dart frog - Wikipedia

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    Dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) Most species of poison dart frogs are small, sometimes less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) in adult length, although a few grow up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in length. They weigh 1 oz. on average. [7] Most poison dart frogs are brightly colored, displaying aposematic patterns to warn potential predators. Their ...

  3. Green and black poison dart frog - Wikipedia

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    The green-and-black poison dart frog has the typical appearance of the members of its family; males average 0.75 in (1.9 cm) in snout–vent length, while females are slightly larger, averaging 1 in (2.5 cm) or longer. The green-and-black poison dart frog is one of the most variable of all poison frogs in color and pattern.

  4. Adelphobates galactonotus - Wikipedia

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    This relatively large poison dart frog has a snout-vent length of up to 42 mm (1.7 in). [5]Gurupi Biological Reserve, Maranhão, Brazil. The best known variants of this species are black below and yellow, orange or red above, but its color is extremely variable with some having whitish-mint or light blue upperparts, some having a mottled or spotted pattern above, and some being almost all ...

  5. Phyllobates - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Zimmerman's poison frog - Wikipedia

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    [4] [2] Its common name, Zimmerman's poison frog, is named after Elke Zimmermann, a German zoologist who described the morph of this species and differentiated it from D. ventrimaculatus. The species was formerly considered to be synonymous with Ranitomeya ventrimaculata .

  7. Phyllobates bicolor - Wikipedia

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    As in all poison dart frogs, it is common for the father of tadpoles to carry the offspring on his back until they reach a suitable location for the tadpoles to develop. [6] P. bicolor is an endangered species according to the IUCN red list. [4] Currently, deforestation, habitat loss, and pollution pose the biggest threat to the species.

  8. Dyeing poison dart frog - Wikipedia

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    The dyeing poison dart frog is large for a poison dart frog, but may be smaller than Phyllobates terribilis and Ameerega trivittata. Small forms of D. tinctorius reach 3.5 cm (1.4 in) in snout–vent length; most variants are around 5 cm (2.0 in) in length or slightly bigger; some of the largest variants may reach 7 cm (2.8 in).

  9. Dendrobates - Wikipedia

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    Dendrobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America. It once contained numerous species, but most originally placed in this genus have been split off into other genera such as Adelphobates, Ameerega, Andinobates, Epipedobates, Excidobates, Oophaga, Phyllobates and Ranitomeya (essentially all the brightly marked poison dart frogs; i.e. excluding the duller genera in ...