Phantasmal poison frog

Amazing fact

Male phantasmal poison frogs carry tadpoles on their backs to small pools.

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Phantasmal poison frog in its habitat (illustration)

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Male phantasmal poison frogs carry tadpoles on their backs to small pools.

SourceDublin Zoo — Phantasmal poison dart frog

THE REAL WORLD

The real Phantasmal poison frog

Scientific name: Epipedobates tricolor
Japanese name: ミイロヤドクガエル
Group: Amphibians and reptiles

Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Epipedobates

Facts about the real animal.

It lives in Ecuador, and its colors differ depending on where it lives.

鳥羽水族館 — ミイロヤドクガエル

The male guards the eggs, and he may even eat moldy eggs so that just the healthy ones are left.

鳥羽水族館 — ミイロヤドクガエル

How the Phantasmal poison frog lives

These frogs are active during the day. They eat ants, termites and small beetles. They are often found among fallen leaves on the forest floor. Males call during the day to attract females and ward off other males.

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Basic data

Range: Ecuador

鳥羽水族館

Where the Phantasmal 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

Where it livesCentral and South America Forests

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: ミイロヤドクガエル
简体中文: 三色箭毒蛙
繁體中文: 三色箭毒蛙
Español: Rana Tricolor Ecuatoriana
Deutsch: Dreistreifen-Baumsteiger
Русский: Франтоватый 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 — ミイロヤドクガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
Dublin Zoo — Phantasmal poison dart frogChecked: 2026-11-07

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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