Green and Black Poison Dart Frog | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Dendrobates auratus

CONSERVATION STATUS: CITES App. II

CLIMATE CHANGE: Vulnerable

The alkaloid-laden insects from which the Green and Black Poison Dart Frogs get their toxins in the wild have never been part of the diet of the Aquarium’s frogs, so our frogs are not poisonous. Our aquarists do, however, provide them with a habitat that is as close as possible to that of wild frogs—dark, warm, and humid. This species is on view in the Frogs: Dazzling and Disappearing exhibit area in the Tropical Pacific Gallery.

Native: Central American and parts of northwestern South AmericaFrom southeast Nicaragua on the Atlantic slope and southeastern Costa Rica on the Pacific slope, through Panama to northwestern Columbia. Introduced to Oahu, Hawaii, and now also present in Maui.

Green and Black Poison Dart Frogs inhabit tropical and...