Poison Dart Frogs (Dendrobatidae)

This group gathers Amphibians subcategory members belonging to the family Dendrobatidae, the poison dart frogs, a Central and South American family named for the historical use of some species' skin toxins by indigenous peoples to poison the tips of blowgun darts. It spans brightly colored, highly toxic species such as the golden poison frog, among the most poisonous animals known, and the strawberry poison frog and splash-backed poison frog, alongside less vividly marked and far less toxic relatives; toxicity in this family is not produced by the frog itself but sequestered from toxic prey such as ants and mites in the wild, so captive-bred individuals raised on a different diet are largely harmless. Nearly every species is diurnal, in sharp contrast to most other frogs, active by daylight precisely because its warning coloration only works as a deterrent to predators that can see it, and many species show unusually attentive parental care, carrying tadpoles on their backs from the forest floor to individual pools of water in tree hollows or bromeliads.