Black Legged Poison Frog
As adults these frogs are solitary animals that live in trees near streams.
Black legged poison frog. Granular Poison Dart Frog. This is used as a defense mechanism to warm. California red-legged frogs may live 8 to 10 years.
Three species are on exhibit at the Smithsonians National Zoo. However the color pattern varies widely. They arent as poisonous as the Golden Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates terribilis the worlds most poisonous frog but still just 150 micrograms of poison is enough to kill a person.
Kokoe Dart Frog Phyllobates aurotaenia. Black Legged Poison Dart Frog 8-15 years or more. They have the ability to produce highly toxic secretions from their food sources in the wild.
The kokoes batrachotoxin is as toxic as the black-legged dart frogs. Bumblebee Poison Dart Frog 18-24 years. This short article about biology can be made longer.
Male black legged poison frogs carry their tadpoles on their back to transport them to puddles where they are nourished and protected until they become froglets. They are native to The Neotropics. Phyllobates bicolor also known as the black-legged poison frog bicolored dart frog or neari in Choco is the second-most toxic of the wild poison dart frogs.
The Golden poison frog is the deadliest animal on landpoison wise but the Black-legged poison frog is right up there next to it. Poison Dart Frogs have toxins in their skin that can paralyze or kill potential predators. 4-8 years or more Peppered Poison Dart Frog 8-12 years.
