Golden Poison Frog
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| Phyllobates terribilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Phyllobates |
| Species: | P. terribilis |
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| Phyllobates terribilis (Myers, Daly, and Malkin, 1978) |
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Phyllobates terribilis, the Golden Poison Frog or the Golden Dart Frog, is a poison dart frog endemic to the Pacific coast of Colombia. In captivity, poison dart frogs are not poisonous. It is in the wild where they are in fact poisonous because of what they eat. This amphibian of the dendrobatidae family is currently considered the most poisonous vertebrate worldwide.[1] The optimal habitat of P. terribilis is the rainforest with high rain rates (5 m. or more), altitude between 100-200 m, temperature of 26 °C, and relative humidity of 80-90%. The Golden Poison Dart Frog is so poisonous that is can kill 10 humans![source?]
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