Strawberry poison frog
Amazing fact
Some toxins in a strawberry poison frog’s skin come from ants and other prey it eats.
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Some toxins in a strawberry poison frog’s skin come from ants and other prey it eats.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Strawberry poison frog
- Scientific name
- Oophaga pumilio
- Japanese name
- イチゴヤドクガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Oophaga
A frog that lives in the rainforests of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Most are bright red with blue legs, but some are blue, yellow, green or other colors.
The mother carries her tadpoles on her back to little pools of water held in plants, and feeds them unfertilized eggs.
How the Strawberry poison frog lives
It is active during the day, especially in the morning. It catches small prey with its tongue, eating mainly ants and mites. It lives among fallen leaves near the forest floor and often climbs trees and vines. It usually lives alone, coming together to breed or compete for territory.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- 17–24 mm
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Diet
- Small arthropods
Where the Strawberry poison frog has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イチゴヤドクガエル
- 简体中文
- 草莓箭毒蛙
- 繁體中文
- 草莓箭毒蛙
- 한국어
- 딸기독화살개구리
- Español
- Rana flecha roja y azul
- Français
- Dendrobate fraise
- Deutsch
- Erdbeerfröschchen
- Português (Brasil)
- Rã-Morango
- Italiano
- Dendrobate pigmeo
- العربية
- ضفدع الفراولة السام
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Katak panah beracun stroberi
- Русский
- Маленький древолаз
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Oophaga pumilioChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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