Poison Dart Frog of South and Latin America

The humid and tropical regions of South and Latin America are complete of fantastic biodiversity. Some wonderful species of frog live in the moisture and lowland forests of South America close to the freshwater bodies.

Blue Poison Dart Frog: Image : e-monk (flickr)

 This is commonly identified as Poison Dart Frog from the family Dendrobatidae. All of the species that comes from Dendrobatidae are either toxic or semi-toxic.  Largely all of the Dart frogs are smaller in their sizes often significantly less than 1.five centimetres (.59 in) in adult length, though a couple of grow up to six centimetres (2.4 in) in length. They weigh about 2 grams, depending on the size of the frog.  The species of the Poison Dart Frog are identified in exquisite colors and magnificent patterns. The brightness and colorfulness of their skin denotes about the level of toxicity in their bodies.

Poison Dart Frog

Poison Dart Frogs have lengthy sticky tongues which they use to capture preys like spiders, small insects, ants, termites and small crickets. The poison dart frog receive the poisonous materials from preys like, ants and mites which acquire the poison from their plant diet regime. There are much more than 100 species of poison dart frogs. Most of the Poison Dart Frogs lay their eggs in the upper reaches of tropical trees and push the tadpoles in the water. Nonetheless some of the Poison Dart Frog species are also observed to lay their eggs on the forest floors specifically beneath the plants. Previously, the scientists contact the Poison Dart Frog as Poison Arrow Frog.

Yellow banded Dart Frog. Image by Sexecutioner (flickriver)

A lot of species of the Poison Dart Frog of South and Latin America are declared as critically endangered. They are on the verge of decline due to the continuous loss of their all-natural habitats, due to cutting of the rainforests for logging and farming.