Yellow-banded poison dart frog
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Yellow-banded poison dart frog tadpoles signal their presence to adults with vibrations in the water.
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Yellow-banded poison dart frog tadpoles signal their presence to adults with vibrations in the water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Yellow-banded poison dart frog
- Scientific name
- Dendrobates leucomelas
- Japanese name
- キオビヤドクガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Dendrobates
How the Yellow-banded poison dart frog lives
They are active during the day and live mainly on the ground. They use their vision to find prey. Sticky pads on their digits help them cling to plants and climb. When not breeding, they live alone.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil
Where the Yellow-banded poison dart 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
- キオビヤドクガエル
- 简体中文
- 黄带箭毒蛙
- 繁體中文
- 黃帶箭毒蛙
- Español
- Sapito minero
- Français
- Dendrobate à bandes jaunes
- Deutsch
- Gelbgebänderter Baumsteiger
- Português (Brasil)
- Sapo-ponta-de-flecha-de-faixas-amarelas
- Italiano
- Dendrobate dalle bande gialle
- Русский
- Священный 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
- 鳥羽水族館 — キオビヤドクガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Dendrobates leucomelasChecked: 2026-11-06
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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