Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog

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The Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas) is the largest of the Dendrobatid frogs and has been seen in the Burro Burro river of Surama and the Clarence Mountain Trail in Aranaputa. These frogs are restricted to the neo-tropics and can be found in Venezuela, northern Brazil, Colombia and Guyana. The species likes wet habitats and can be found on the forest floor among the leaf litter, near roots and moist tree trunks and rocks. It is the only known species of Poison Dart Frogs that estivate (burrow in leaf litter and sleep) during the dry season.

Dendrobates luecomelas can be…..


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