Unlike other toxin-secreting frogs such as poison dart frogs, these two species have bony spines on their skulls ... in the head region could be studied to identify whether they too are venomous.

With its bright blue body mottled with black, the cobalt poison dart frog is hailed as a “jewel of the rainforest” for its beauty. However, as its name suggests, such frogs in nature possess a ...

Poison dart frogs vary in size and color, but all have one thing in common at least. They are poisonous. Poison dart frogs secrete noxious chemicals from small glands that cover their skin.

Some poison dart frogs have less potent toxins, while others, like the golden poison frog, are among the most toxic animals on Earth. In fact, the golden frog secretes enough poison to potentially ...

Though they may be tiny, measuring between 0.75 and 1.5 inches, poison dart frogs pack a mean punch, holding enough toxins to paralyze, or even kill, anything that dares to cross their path.