#2003 · 🐸 amphibians
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
🇳🇱 Geschilderde pijlgifkikker ·Dendrobates tinctorius
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Igor Gerolineto Alves · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Sébastien SANT · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © nicolas burnel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Yves Bas · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Wirley Almeida Santos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Wirley Almeida Santos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © anonymous · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. © jacilluch · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. © Yannick Vandenberghe · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The dyeing dart frog , tinc (a nickname given by those in the hobby of keeping dart frogs), or dyeing poison frog ( Dendrobates tinctorius ) is a species of poison dart frog. 0 in). This species is distributed throughout the eastern portion of the Guiana Shield, including parts of Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and nearly all of French Guiana.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,511 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Frédéric Cuvier in 1797 (229 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
- Nederlands
- Geschilderde pijlgifkikker
- scientific name
- Dendrobates tinctorius
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Dendrobatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 1,511
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1797 by Frédéric Cuvier
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Dendrobatidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 21141, Wikidata Q1478869, GBIF 5218024, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.