Bicolor Poison Frog
(Dendrobates bicolor)
Classification:
Anura DendrobatidaeSize: Males mature @ 32.5 to 42 mm in length. Females mature about 3 mm larger than males.
Color: Pale Yellow, and Orange Tint.
Biology: Up to a dozen eggs or more per mating. If the pair is not separated The female will continue to lay time and time again which may prove unhealthy for the frogs.
Toxins: Closely related to the terribilis, in the wild, produces about 1/2 of the batrachotoxin as his counter part. Wild caught frogs should be handled with gloves.
Note: A friend bred these frogs which produced more frogs than he knew what to do with. Also sounds are from the N. American swamps and not from the rainforest.
INFORMATION COMPILED FROM: Keeping Poison Frogs; Jerry G Walls Jewels of the Rainforest; Jerry G Walls Poison-arrow Frogs; Ralf Heselhaus Knowledgeable people on Frognet Personal experiences
