Golden Poison Frog
Phyllobates terribilis
Also known as Golden Dart Frog, Golden Poison Dart Frog Endangered
- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold golden poison frog, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the golden poison frog
The golden poison frog is a poison dart frog found only in the humid Pacific-coast rainforests of Colombia, in the Chocó. It is the largest member of its family, reaching about 6 cm and nearly 30 g as an adult. Active by day, it lives evenly spaced rather than in groups and is an unspecialized ambush hunter, eating mainly ants and other small invertebrates. Its bright colour, which comes in yellow, mint green and orange morphs, warns predators of the batrachotoxin in its skin glands, which makes it one of the most poisonous animals on the planet.
Golden Poison Frog facts
- A wild frog carries about one milligram of poison, enough to kill 10 to 20 humans.
- Young frogs are mostly black with two golden-yellow back stripes, reaching full colour at around 18 weeks.
- Its range covers less than 5,000 square km.
- The frogs appear to rely on eating small arthropods to obtain their toxin.
Where to see golden poison frog in the U.S.
3 zoos across 2 states
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California· 1
Virginia· 2
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