Sentences with phrase «poison frog species»

Poison frog species and ants in Madagascar and the Americas have evolved similar methods of chemical defense

Not exact matches

He was on the trail of Ranitomeya imitator, a single species of poison dart frog that comes in about 10 different patterns.

When confronted by members of their own species and one other frog species, red strawberry poison dart frogs reacted more violently than green ones, the researchers will report in an upcoming issue of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

AT RISK A poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) in Panama is just one of hundreds of amphibian species that succumbs to the chytrid skin fungus, which scientists now know has a special trick for disabling frog immune systems.

Only mature frogs secrete a protective coating of deadly toxins — so deadly, in the case of one species, that a single inch - long amphibian has enough poison on its skin to kill a hundred people.

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Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri: a new ant species discovered in the stomach of the dendrobatid poison frog, Oophaga sylvatica (Funkhouser) Rabeling, Sosa - Calvo, O'Connell, Coloma y Fernández (2016) Pdf

Blog ZooKeys In the belly of the Devil: New rare ant species found in the stomach of a poison frog.

Learn about the forest's diverse species as we seek out animals like three - toed sloths, basilisk lizards, poison dart frogs, and three types of monkeys — spider, howler, and white - faced.

The falls are 65 feet high, and an excellent place to find poison dart frogs, monkeys and many species of birds.

The privileged position of this eco-lodge will allow you to observe over 400 species of birds (such as the Scarlet Macaw) and poison dart frogs, deer, jaguars, wild pigs, bats, raccoons, anteaters, lizards and several types of monkeys (spider and howler monkeys) and other jungle creatures.

6 natural Eco-systems have been identified in the park and it protects endangered species such as the jaguar, puma, crocodile, tapir, poison dart and golden frogs and the harpy eagle.

Six natural eco-systems have been identified in the park and it protects endangered species such as the jaguar, puma, crocodile, tapir, poison dart frogs and scarlet macaws.

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Over 112 species of amphibians have vanished since 1980, the major reason being rising temperatures that have allowed the growth of a fungus that kills frogs by attacking their skin and teeth and releasing a poison.