Strawberry poison dart frog

Oophaga pumilio · The strawberry poison dart frog is a small poison dart frog found in Central America, ranging from eastern Nicaragua through Costa Rica to northwestern Panama.

Also called Strawberry poison frog, Blue jeans poison frog, Blue jeans frog, Flaming Poison-arrow Frog, Flaming Poison Frog.

Strawberry poison dart frog
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0
Strawberry poison dart frog
Photo: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA, CC BY 2.0
Strawberry poison dart frog
Photo: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA, CC BY 2.0

Taxonomy

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyDendrobatidae
GenusOophaga
SpeciesOophaga pumilio

Where it lives

Lowland rainforests from Nicaragua through Costa Rica to Panama.

Fun facts

  • This tiny frog can appear in roughly 15 to 30 different color morphs, and most breed true to type.
  • Mother frogs feed their tadpoles unfertilized eggs straight from their own ovaries as a food source.
  • Only about 5–12% of the eggs a female lays ever survive to become tadpoles.
  • Males keep the eggs from drying out by carrying water to them in their own cloaca.

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Facts and taxonomy adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).