Green and black poison dart frog
Amazing fact
The green and black poison dart frog stores substances from the ants it eats in its skin, making it poisonous.
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The green and black poison dart frog stores substances from the ants it eats in its skin, making it poisonous.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Green and black poison dart frog
- Scientific name
- Dendrobates auratus
- Japanese name
- マダラヤドクガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Dendrobates
It was brought to Hawaii to fight mosquitoes, and it now lives there in the wild.
How the Green and black poison dart frog lives
It is active by day, hopping around as it searches for food. It catches prey using keen eyesight and a sticky tongue that it can extend and pull back. Males call to attract females and announce their territories. Tadpoles live in small pools or streams.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Central and South America from Honduras to Colombia
Where the Green and black 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
- マダラヤドクガエル
- 简体中文
- 迷彩箭毒蛙
- 繁體中文
- 迷彩箭毒蛙
- Español
- Rana flecha verde y negra
- Français
- Dendrobate doré
- Deutsch
- Goldbaumsteiger
- Português (Brasil)
- Sapo-ponta-de-flecha-verde-e-preto
- Italiano
- Dendrobate dorato
- العربية
- الضفدع السام الأخضر والأسود
- Русский
- Красящий 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 — マダラヤドクガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Dendrobates auratusChecked: 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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