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Table of Contents

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Poison Dart Frogs UP CLOSE

Carmen Bredeson

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ZOO M In on

Animals !

Poison Dart Frogs

Up Close

Carmen Bredeson

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CONTENTS

Words to Know

Frog Homes

Frog Skin

Frog Poison

Frog Vocal Sac

Frog Legs

Frog Toes

Frog Eggs

Frog Tadpoles

Little Frog

Life Cycle

Learn More Books and Web Sites

Index

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WORDS TO KNOW

poison [ POI zun] Something that can hurt or kill an animal or person.

slime [ SLYM] Thick, soft, slippery matter.

tadpoles [ TAD pohlz] Baby frogs. They look like fish.

vocal sac [ VOH kul sak] Skin on the throat that can blow up like a balloon.

head Parts of a Poison Dart Frog

eye

leg

mouth

toes

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FROG HOMES

Poison dart frogs like warm, wet places. Some live high in trees in the rain forest. Others live near streams or rivers. These frogs are not very big. Some are as small as your thumbnail.

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Poison dart frogs live in these shaded areas of South and Central America.

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FROG SKIN

The skin of most poison dart frogs is bright and colorful. Some frogs are red or purple. Others are yellow, blue, or green. The bright skin warns enemies to stay away!

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FROG POISON

The slime on the frogs skin is a poison. People in the rain forest dip their darts into the slime. Then they use the poison darts to kill animals for food. This is how the frogs get their name.

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Ruby poison dart frog

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The golden poison dart frog is the most poisonous of all poison dart frogs.

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FROG VOCAL SAC

A male poison dart frog pushes air into his vocal sac. The sac blows up like a balloon. When the air comes out, the sound is very loud. The call of a dart frog sounds like a buzz or chirp.

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Phantasmal (fan TAZ muhl) poison dart frog

Strawberry poison-dart frog

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FROG LEGS

A frogs back legs are longer than its front legs. The back legs fold up when the frog is sitting. They shoot straight out when the frog jumps. Poison dart frogs do not jump very far.

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Green and black poison dart frog

Amazonian (AM uh ZOH nee un) dart-poison frog

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FROG TOES

Poison dart frogs crawl around on the forest floor. Sometimes they climb into the trees. The bottoms of their toes are sticky. The sticky toes keep the frogs from falling.

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Dyeing black poison dart frog

Rio Madeira (REE oh muh DAIR uh) poison frog

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FROG EGGS

A female poison dart frog lays to eggs at a time. She lays the eggs in a little puddle of water. Mother and father frogs stay near the eggs. In about two weeks, tiny tadpoles break out of the eggs.

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Phantasmal poison frog with eggs

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FROG TADPOLES

One of the parents backs up to the babies. The tadpoles wiggle onto the parents back. Then the frog takes its babies to a pool of water. The tadpoles swim away.

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Red back poison frog

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LITTLE FROG

In a few weeks, the tadpoles tail starts to get smaller. Then it grows little legs and feet. The tadpole starts to look like a frog. The tiny frog leaves the water. It hops into the rain forest.

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Blue poison dart frogs

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