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What kind of frog is this? Is it poisonous? I bet it's poisonous.
>> Anonymous
Yes, that is a species of poison-dart frog. Don't know the exact name, but it's very VERY poisonous, as in touching it could kill. They have the strongest poison known to exist (poisons are dangerous if touched or eaten, as opposed to venoms that are dangerous only when injected into the blood).

Remember this: black with any vibrant color means danger.

All the species are very beautiful, though.
>> Anonymous
>>148302
Aww... I figured it was a poison dart frog. I was just kinda hoping it wasn't because it seems like it'd be an awesome pet. Buuut, I guess all the really pretty frogs kill you if you touch them. Oh well. ITT, awesome amphibians.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>148312

The funny thing is, captive poison-dart frogs lose their toxins completely very fast. Scientists believe it has to do with diet, because wild frogs eat certain species of beetles that have some of the toxins or components in them. Captive-raised poison dart frogs would be very safe to handle.

But don't go to the pet store yet, most of them are endangered.
>> Anonymous
>>148315
not for the frog, it wouldn't be safe.
>> Anonymous
>>148315
That actually makes a lot of sense. Lots of poisonous animals acquire their poison. Orioles are poisonous birds that acquire their poison from monarch butterflies, which acquire their poison from eating milkweed leaves as larvae. Certain species of sea slug become poisonous by eating sea anemone tentacles.
>> Anonymous
>>148302
Touching it won't kill you, dumbass.
Only if it gets into your system.
>> Anonymous
>>148319

as long as your hands are clean and a bit damp, it's fine.

>>148321

yep, poison passed along the food chain. Nature knows how to keep its critters inedible, and how to make them edible anyway.

>>148327

their poison can be absorbed through unbroken skin. Poison-dart frogs are so deadly natives use leaves to hold them with so they won't touch the frog with their bare skin. There have been deaths of people who just touched the frogs for a second.
>> TFJ
>>148321

Orioles are poisonous? I had no idea there was such a thing as a poisonous bird.
>> Anonymous
>>148331
Yeah, sure. Being poisonous is always a predator deterrent. The first oriole a cat ever eats is sure to be its last. Just like a monarch butterfly, a bird that eats its first monarch won't want to try that again.
>> Anonymous
>>148297
This frog is made of fail and java.
>> Anonymous
No they aren't poisonous in captivity, and you don't have to worry about getting one from the wild because they are captive bred in such high numbers.

That is Dendrobates azureus, and you can buy them on the internet for 30-50 dollars.

They require a ten gallon aquarium, with high humidity, but no water deeper than what they can walk in. They eat fruit flies, and other tiny insects.

Here's one you can buy with paypal
http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BJTS&Product_Code=F-
DAZ&Category_Code=AA
You can buy everything you need for it on that site too.
or you can try here where they sell pretty much any kind frog
http://market.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=14
>> Anonymous
what's a "Lick-em Toad"?
>> Anonymous
>>148364


Bufo Alverius.

All toads are poisonous to some degree. Some are merely painful or foul-tasting to swallow. Others are toxic to various degrees..

The poison of the B. Alverius happens to be psycoactive.
>> Anonymous
op, that is an Azureus frog. it is used to download anime, illegal movies,illegal music, and teh pronz.
>> Anonymous
It's a Battle Toad.
>> Anonymous
Why is it that all the pretty frogs are poisonous?
>> Anonymous
>148445

I think it's because the colours are a warning sign. Bright colours tell potentional preadtors that the frog is dangerous to eat.
>> Anonymous
this thread reminds me of that coral snake rhyme Red touches black, you're ok Jack; Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow

theres a snake that mimics that venomous snakes colors so nobody messes with him but he's actually not venomous
>> Anonymous
pictures in order are D. azureus, not really deadly toxic. D. leucomelas, same. and D. pumilio same. the really deadly poison dart frogs belong to the genus Phylobates.
>> Anonymous
also, i keep around 10 species of PDFs, so i have a fairly deep knowledge of the frogs and their ecology. some are endangered, but large efforts are being made at captive husbandry and many species are avaialable at fairly cheap prices. currently their are large numbers of frogs coming in from ranching/farming operations in peru and panama
>> Anonymous
>>148458
Red, yellow and blue are nature's way of drawing attention to something. They are meant to be clearly noticeable and recognizeble for some reason. Interestingly they can mean roughly two things: for predators they mean "don't eat me, I'm poisonous" and to frugivores they mean "eat me, I'm ripe". Since humans evolved quite recently from frugivores, we still think they are pretty colours, since we are genetically prediposed to prefer bright yellows, reds and blues.

>>148462
And it reminds me of the thread where the guy who was bitten by a coral snake thought it was something like "Red touches black, you're dead Jack, red touches yellow, you're a lucky fellow."
>> Anonymous
If it rhymes it must be true.
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>>148470

I looked up the following wiki article to verify my rhyme before posting so as to not spread misinformation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snake

That's assuming wiki doesn't lie and since I'm not at all eager to test the rhyme's veracity I won't be picking up striped snakes in either fucking event.
>> Anonymous
>>148462

we learnt in biology at uni that it's actually more likely that the coral snake is imitating the king snake, so the dangerous one is imitating the non-venomous one. The reasoning behind this follows that a predator would never learn a lesson by attacking a coral snake - it would get bitten and then die. maybe the king snake is distasteful in a way or puts on a more threatening display than the coral snake
>> Anonymous
>>148487

i just found out that both mimic another false coral snake, which is mildly venomous. so the king snake benefits by being confused with a dangerous snake, and the coral snake benefits by being confused with a snake that can teach its predators a lesson, rather than killing them outright.
>> Anonymous
>>148488

wow look at that I thought it was the king mimicking the coral. I guess they're all able to get away with that because they have a similar morphology.

Interesting theory.
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Someone said awsome amphibians?
>> Anonymous
These frogs do make good pets because they are only poisonous in the wild. I had one and you could pick it up without any fear of getting poisoned
>> Anonymous
Lick to find out.
>> Anonymous
poison dart frogs are poisonous because of the poison ants they eat
>> Anonymous
BE CAREFUL IT'LL HOG YOUR MEMORY!!!
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>148873
Just blow in the slot, it'll fix it.
>> Anonymous
>>148297
oh lulz is dat sum azureus
>> Anonymous
You can't have this frog unless your cage has OVER 9000!!!! GB of RAM.
>> Anonymous
azureus
>> Anonymous
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