Not all beautiful frogs depicted here are poisonous, but those who are - can be very deadly indeed. The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog! "Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all. The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth.""Their poison contains toxins that dull the nerves and produce heart and repiratory (sic.) failure. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms."
credited to darkroastedblend.com, flickr and Zoltan Takacs, Amy Snyder, Juan Manuel Renjifo
Hi- I love all these beautiful frog photos :)
I am familiar with most of them, however I have never seen a black and white one like the one in the last picture- do you know what kind of frog it is? I can't seem to find much about it online.
Thanks!
~M
Absoulutley fine collection!
Megan,
They are green and black Dendrobates auratus. I used to have a few as pets. Captive poison dart frogs are far less toxic.