Strawberry Poison-dart Frog

The Strawberry Poison-Dart Frog (Dendrobates pumilio, as well as, Oophaga pumilio) are very small, slender, dioecious, bilateral symmetric ("Poison frogs", 2003; Sandmeier, 2001; Savage, 2002; Penner 2011, n.p.) creatures that normally reach 17-24 mm in length with four, digits on their hands and feet. These frogs have dark eyes and their skin is very dewy with a gleamy appearance (Penner 2011, n.p.) and tend to vary in colors –strawberry-red, yellow, white, green, orange all mostly with black or navy blue lower parts- which explains its common form called “blue jeans”. The color that Dendrobates pumilio (image 1) exhibit expresses that the frog has a toxicity that is very poisonous which is alerting to predators so that they will avoid attacks…

know how the poison dart or arrow frog got its name. They are some of the most poisonous amphibians in the world the most deadly being the golden poison dart frog. Adaptation and The Poison Dart Frog’s characteristics has allowed it to survive in the jungle for many years. They have adapted to jump from place to place with ease. The reason they jump so far is because of their tendons are being stretched, to the point where they release and snap like a rubber band. This is what launches them…

The Poison Darwin Dart frog derived from the joining of a Darwin frog and a Poison Dart frog. It is classified in domain Eukarya because it contains eukaryotic cells, uses the process cell division to replicate, and it is a multicellular organism. It is in kingdom Animalia because it is a multicellular chemoheterotroph and does not have cell wall (Domain Eukarya 1). In phylum Chordata because the Poison Darwin Dart frog contains a notochord, a hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a postanal…