Frog photos by Michael D Kern

Top: Dendrobates tinctorius (giant orange poison dart frog)

Middle: Dendrobates azureus (cobalt blue poison dart frog)

Bottom: Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (chinese tree frog)

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Please enjoy this video of my Cobalt Tincs calling/displaying breeding behaviors, as a treat. I love these little weirdos with my whole heart and was ECSTATIC to catch this video, hopefully you all enjoy it too 🥰🐸🥰

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We Are What We Eat

A dyeing poison frog looking around for food in its tank in the zoo. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This frog apparently assimilates plant poison from its prey in the wild but this and others in the local zoo, isolated from their natural habitat, don’t seem to develop any poison.

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Poison Jewel

Dendrobates Tinctorius 'azureas' photographed on his favorite bromeliad. These frogs have evolved alongside bromeliads and have a symbiotic relationship with them. They use these plants for rearing their tadpoles, hunting and hiding. In return they fertilize them with their droppings. Nature is amazing!

Photographer: John Vander Ploeg

Dendrobates Azureus (Dendrobates Tinctorius)

Blue Poison Dart Frog

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They decided to shelter on the bromeliad while I was doing tank maintenance and it gave me a good chance to get a few good pictures! You can really see how BLUE little Wirt’s legs are, and how much bigger Beatrice is than Wirt

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Blue Poison Dart Frog, I think.

Facts from Jungle Jewel Exotics: Like all tinctorius, the Azureus frogs are diurnal meaning they are awake during the day.  They are terrestrial and live in the understory of the rainforests they inhabit. In the wild they are constantly foraging for small insects, invertebrates and arthropods in the leaf litter. Some of the plants in the rainforests contain various alkaloids and toxins, the micro fauna eat these plants and in turn get eaten by the frogs.  This causes a downstream effect and these amazing frogs have evolved to harness the toxins as a means of self-defense. A combination of their striking colors and the toxins stored in their glands help ward off potential predators. In captivity the tinctorius do not contain any of these toxins due to the diet provided to them.

Blue Poison Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) "azureus", family Dendorbatidae, found in Suriname

Once considered a distinct species, D. azureus, it is now generally considered to be a regional color morph of the Dyeing Poison Frog, D. tinctorius, though some herpetologists consider it to be subspecies.

There are also other populations of blue D. tinctorius, that some in the pet trade and zoos call "azureus", as well.

Usually, D. tinctorius is yellow and blue, with black markings.

photograph by Quartl