Black-legged dart frog

species of amphibian
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The black-legged dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor), also known as the bicolored dart frog or Neari in Choco, is the second most toxic of the wild poison dart frogs. It lives in Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 400 and 1500 meters above sea level.[1][2][3]

Phyllobates bicolor
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P. bicolor
Binomial name
Phyllobates bicolor
(Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Phyllobates bicolor (Bibron in De la Sagra, 1840)
  • Phyllobates bicolor (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Phyllobates melanorrhinus (Berthold, 1845)
  • Phyllobates chocoensis (Posada Arango, 1869)
  • Dendrobates tinctorius var. chocoensis (Boulenger, 1913)
  • Phyllobates nicefori (Noble, 1923)
  • Phyllobates melanorhinus (Gorham, 1963)

Appearance change

The adult male frog is 32.1-39.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 35.7-42.7 mm. It has large disks on its toes for climbing. Young frogs have stripes on their sides. In some groups of this frog, the stripes go away when the frog is an adult. In other places, the adult frogs keep their stripes.[2]

Poison change

Human beings who live where the frog lives have used the frog to poison arrows. The human can touch the arrow to the frog's back without killing it. Or the human can kill and heat the frog's body.[2]

The poison in the frog's skin is a chemical called batrachotoxin. The frog gets the poison from the ants and other insects that it eats. So frogs kept as pets do not have poison.[2]

Threats change

There are fewer of these frogs than there were. Scientisis think this could be because human beings change the places where the frog lives. Humans turn the forests into forms and take the trees for lumber. Human beings also catch these frogs to sell as pets.[2]

References change

  1. "Phyllobates bicolor Bibron, 1840". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kip Green; Kellie Whittaker (February 18, 2005). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Phyllobates bicolor: Black Leg Poison Dart Frog, Neará". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Black-legged Poison Dart Frog: Phyllobates bicolor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55262A85887396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T55262A85887396.en. 55262. Retrieved April 17, 2022.