Maranon Poison Frog
Excidobates mysteriosus
IUCN red list status:
Endangered
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Maranon Poison Frogs live in Peru.
They mainly eat ants, termites, beetles and flies; catching them with their tongue.
They lay 5-8 eggs in the bromeliads, using the small pools of water that accumulate within the plant for the tadpoles to develop.
These frogs can live between 6-10 years.
Maranon Poison Frog
About the Maranon Poison Frog
The Maranon Poison Frog only lives in Santa Rosa, a small area of cliff faces in Peru. Like most members of the same family, this frog has bright colours that warn predators that they are poisonous. This allows them to be active during the day. They spend most of their time near water holding bromeliads, and the males even call from these.
This frog lives in the bromeliads on the open cliffside and uses these bromeliads to help maintain a stable temperature. The large bromeliads growing on the rocky outcrops and cliff faces provide a rare and easily accessible water source in an otherwise dry habitat, and work like an umbrella by day which allows the frogs to survive.
Did you know?
There are only 3 known sites remaining where Maranon Poison Frogs populations remain, two of which are thought to hold less than 200 individuals
