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Also Known As dendrobatid • poison arrow frog • poison dart frog • arrow-poison frog • dart-poison frog • Dendrobatidae

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A Kokoa frog, or South American arrow poison frog (Dendrobates species), with black and green markings sits on a rough brown rock surface.
harlequin poison dart frog
Poison frog (Dendrobates).
strawberry poison dart frog
Poison frog
Blue arrow-poison frogs (Dendrobates azureus).
A bright blue poison dart frog with black spots sits on a damp, brown log in Costa Rica.
strawberry poison frog
Examine up close minute poison-arrow frogs Dendrobates auratus and D. pumilio on leaves
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