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Diet. Golden poison adult frogs feed during the day primarily on insects they encounter on the rain forest floor. They eat flies, ants, beetles, spiders, mites, caterpillars, and maggots. Tadpoles eat whatever is available such as algae and microscopic plants, carrion, and even smaller tadpoles. Reproduction
Diet. Carnivore. Insects. Conservation Status. IUCN. Endangered. The golden poison frog is considered to be one of the most toxic animals on Earth and are protected by secreting poison from their skin.
The poisons in these tiny frogs come from their diet in their rainforest habitats in Central and South America: mostly ants, termites, centipedes, and tiny beetles. This diversity of food items is required to create the chemical toxins by the frog.
Aug 6, 2013 · The frogs featured in the exhibition, however, are actually fed a non-toxic diet, rendering the frogs non-toxic, too! A version of this story appears in the summer 2013 issue of Rotunda, the Member magazine.
Golden poison frogs are insectivores and prey primarily on species of Brachymyrmex and Paratrechina ants. They also consume small invertebrates such as termites and beetles. Golden poison frogs use their long, sticky tongues to capture prey.
The species feeds on small invertebrates such as flies, beetles, crickets, ants and termites. Probably due to its lethal deterrent, the Golden Poison Frog appears bold when danger threatens; it does not hide, but simply hops away.
Over 80 kinds of poison frogs live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Of these, the toxin of the jewel-bright golden poison frog is 10 to 20 times more deadly than any other poison frog. Golden poison frogs get their toxicity from something in their diet.
