Golden Poison Frog
Phyllobates terribilis · Amphibian
A bright frog about 5 cm long, living on the ground of the very wet rainforest of the Pacific coast of Colombia, below 200 m. Its skin holds about a milligram of batrachotoxin, enough to kill 10 to 20 people; it is toxic if swallowed, and even touching it burns the skin. The Emberá hold the frog near a fire so it sweats poison, then soak their dart tips in it; the darts stay deadly for two years or more. Frogs kept on other food lose their poison.
- Danger
- Can wound or kill
- How it is met
- Alone, by day
- Size
- Tiny
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Gives
Sources
- Alvarez, M. and M. Wiley, Phyllobates terribilis (golden poison frog). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2011.
- Golden poison frog. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Phyllobates terribilis. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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