These guys are very small — only about an inch in length. They’re mostly spotted on the ground in leaf litter, but they also climb trees. In fact, mother’s will climb to the top of tall rainforest trees to deposit their tadpoles in the water of bromeliad plants growing from branches near the canopy. They are also called blue jeans frogs, as you can see from those legs. I photographed this one in central Costa Rica. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 190 with Canon 500D close up filter) ISO 100, f/5 at 1/6th of a second.
Real nice, Sean! The Canon 500D close up filter is an amazing accessory. Your Strawberry poison dart frog is a great capture. Did you post this to go along with this week’s strawberry moon?
Oh, I’d like to say I did, but just nice coincidence. And yes, that 500D served me well in the days before my macro lens. I still carry it sometimes if I think I might need macro but know that I probably won’t.
Their skin secretes the poison. Tribes people from the area used to rub the end of their dart arrows against the frog’s skin so that when they entered the enemies skin they would poison them. Something like that.
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These guys are very small — only about an inch in length. They’re mostly spotted on the ground in leaf litter, but they also climb trees. In fact, mother’s will climb to the top of tall rainforest trees to deposit their tadpoles in the water of bromeliad plants growing from branches near the canopy. They are also called blue jeans frogs, as you can see from those legs. I photographed this one in central Costa Rica. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 190 with Canon 500D close up filter) ISO 100, f/5 at 1/6th of a second.
Real nice, Sean! The Canon 500D close up filter is an amazing accessory. Your Strawberry poison dart frog is a great capture. Did you post this to go along with this week’s strawberry moon?
Oh, I’d like to say I did, but just nice coincidence. And yes, that 500D served me well in the days before my macro lens. I still carry it sometimes if I think I might need macro but know that I probably won’t.
What’s the poison dart part? Do these tiny frogs have a poison in their bite? Or do they somehow emit something , like spittle, that is poisonous?
Their skin secretes the poison. Tribes people from the area used to rub the end of their dart arrows against the frog’s skin so that when they entered the enemies skin they would poison them. Something like that.
I like the lime flavored ones better than the strawberry ones.
Confused, is it
Strawberry Poison -Dart Frog?
or Strawberry -Poison Dart- Frog?
global warming is good sometimes, right?
Ha, definitely the latter.
that’s one scary reptile.
Can be. But only if you try to eat one.