By: Jeffrey Kubany
There are five different
groups of animals with
vertebrates.
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These classifications are:
Mammals
Fish
Reptiles
Birds
Amphibians
The Poison Dart frog
• The Poison Dart Frog is
classified as a amphibian
because it is warm-blooded.
Its skin is slimy and it has lungs
part of its life.
The poison dart frog
This frog is classified as a
amphibian because it lays eggs
in the water. The Poison Dart
Frog spends most of their life
near water because it needs
water for its poison to protect
itself.
Appearance
There are varieties of Poison
Dart Frog colors. They are pale
green, blue, orange, yellow, red,
and gold. They’re about the
size of a paper clip. Their feet
are not webbed for swimming.
Animal adaptation
• The biggest Poison Dart frog is
three inches or two cm. long. The
shortest frog is three quarters of
a inch or two centimeters long.
It’s much shorter than a mouse.
The Poison Dart frog comes in
many colors like pale green,
orange, gold, yellow, black and
red. The colors help to warn
their predator not to eat them.
Habitat
The Poison Dart frog lives on
the forest floor of the Tropical
Rainforest near water. The
canopy of the rain forest
protect the frogs skin from the
ultra violent rays of the sun.
Behavior and social
habits
• They eat ants, termites, beetles,
crickets and small spiders. They
find these bugs by their great
• eye sight. The catch it with their
sticky tongue.
Behavior and sociai
habits
• Males make a loud thrill sound
to attract females.
Animal Adaptation
One adaptation is that it is small.
This helps it not be eaten .The Dart
frog also has special colors that
help camouflage in the rainforest.
It also has it’s skin which secretes
poison. This helps it survive* in
the wild they are poisons.
*In captivity they are not poisonous.
This is due to their diet.
Predator
It’s only predator is a snake called
Leimadophis epinephelus.
• The golden Poison dart frog is
the most deadliest frog. It can
kill small animals and human.
• Some tribes have used their
poison for their darts.
• Some secretions of the Poison
Dart Frog may have medical
value for muscle relaxants,
heart stimulants, and appetite
suppressants.
• Thank you for watching my
presentation of the Poison Dart
frog. I hope you liked it… and I
hope you learned a lot.