Living in the countries of South and Central America as Costa Rica, Colombia, the Bolivia and the Peru, poison dart frog is a stunning, brilliant colourful frog secretes a poisonous toxin. Only this unique frog was discovered by the scientific community in the 1960s, but known by tribes for many years. The name of the frog, one might think that it is somehow able to shoot poison darts, but is simply not the case. The designation of dart poison comes of the tribes in the rainforest use poison on the advice of darts that they would use to submit a threat.
The poison dart frog is not only a frog but a frogs set that contains more than 100 different types of poison dart frogs. Usually, these frogs are relatively small and are less than 2.5 cm long, but some species can grow up to about 2.5 inches.
Then the poison in many species of poison dart frogs may not be sufficient to kill a man in good health, they have had cases where the poison entered a cutting or zero which resulted in the death. Their poison is very effective in controlling predators, but if a poison dart frog was born in captivity, it is unlikely that they will contain poison. The poison that developed in the frog while out in the wild is because of its diet of ants, termites, beetles and other insects. When they eat has more toxic beetles of Central America, the toxins in their bodies are more products, making them harmless.
Most of us is used to see frogs on a pond, Marsh or streams, but the dart frog is different. It has no webbed feet and is therefore not a good swimmer, so you will not find one of these frogs live in ponds.
Unfortunately, the Poison Dart Frog is experiencing a crisis in the population and is on the list of endangered species. The years, the destruction of lands of the rainforest and drought in their regions, these frogs have decreased in number. Fortunately, pet Poison Dart Frogs are raised in captivity and are not collected in nature.
The vivid colours of these frogs are just incredible and this is why people want to keep as pets is no surprise. With proper care, Poison Dart Frog can live many years in captivity.
No comments:
Post a Comment