Poison dart frog:
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Other common names: dart-poison frog and poison frog
Scientific name: Dendrobatidae
Class: Amphibia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Anura
Kingdom: Animalia
Diet: Carnivore
Poison dart frogs store an alkaloid toxin called batrachotoxin in skin glands.
There are more then 100 species of poison dart frog.
Most toxic frog:
Golden poison dart frog considered to be most toxic of all poisonous frog because it has the ability to kill 10 grown men. Scientific name of golden dart frog is Phyllobates terribilis. Golden dart frog is endagered species due to habitat loss and pollution
Size:
They have small size. Their size varies from 1.5cm to 6cm long
Habitat:
They live in wet and tropical forest or we can say in rain forests of central and south america
Why they are known as dart frogs:
Because poison of Black-legged Poison Dart Frog,Golden Poison Dart Frog and kokoe poison dart frog have been used by humans to poison dart
Life span:
According to cosleyzoo.org poison dart frogs can survive up to 4-6 years in wild and up to 12 years in captivity
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