Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Dendrobatidae > Phyllobates > Phyllobates terribilisPhyllobates terribilis (golden poison frog)The golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), also known as the golden frog, golden poison arrow frog, or golden dart frog, is a poison dart frog endemic to the Pacific coast of Colombia. The optimal habitat of P. terribilis is the rainforest with high rain rates (5 m or more per year), altitudes between 100 and 200 m, temperatures of at least 26 °C, and relative humidity of 80–90%. In the wild, P. terribilis is a social animal, living in groups of up to six individuals; however, captive P. terribilis specimens can live in much larger groups. These frogs are often considered innocuous due to their small size and bright colours, but wild frogs are lethally toxic. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.1 EDGE Score: 4.17 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) |  | Female Maturity [1] | 1 year | Male Maturity [1] | 1 year |  | Litter Size [1] | 15 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Maximum Longevity [1] | 8 years | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.701 inches (4.32 cm) |
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Chocó-Darién moist forests |
Colombia, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Río Saija |
Colombia |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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