#2004 · 🐸 amphibians
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Phyllobates terribilis
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what is it?
The golden poison frog ( Phyllobates terribilis ), also known as the golden frog , golden poison arrow frog , or golden dart frog , is a poison dart frog endemic to the Pacific coast of Colombia. The optimal habitat of P. terribilis is the rainforest with high rain rates (5 m or more per year), altitudes between 100 and 200 m, temperatures of at least 26 °C, and relative humidity of 80–90%. In the wild, P. terribilis is a social animal, living in...
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.
- 491 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John W. Daly in 1978 (48 years ago).
- Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Golden Poison Dart Frog
- scientific name
- Phyllobates terribilis
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Dendrobatidae
- IUCN Red List
- EN · endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 491
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1978 by John W. Daly
IUCN in Dutch: bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Dendrobatidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 21217, Wikidata Q963997, GBIF 5218020, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.