Blue Poison Dart Frog

 The 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 (𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬 "𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬") is a 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 found in the "𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬" surrounded by the 𝐒𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 

The blue poison dart frog is a 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 that 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟖 𝐠 and 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 to 𝟑.𝟎–𝟒.𝟓 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭–𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡. 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 are 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 and on average about 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, but 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 have 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐞𝐬. It's 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, usually 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 around its 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 and 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡, serves as a 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. The 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 of 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 located in the 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 serve as a 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 to 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. The 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬 are 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 to each frog, enabling 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.Their 𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 have a 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥, about 𝟔 𝐦𝐦, with a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐦. They 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 and have 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬.

The blue poison dart frog is a 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 animal, but, as an 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧, stays 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 to 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬. These frogs spend most of their 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.They are 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 and 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞.The blue poison dart frog feeds on 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 and 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 which may have 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 which makes the blue poison dart frog 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬. Other than that it also feeds on 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐬, and 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬.