Oophaga

The Strawberry Poison-Dart Frog (Dendrobates pumilio, as well as, Oophaga pumilio) are very small, slender, dioecious, bilateral symmetric ("Poison frogs", 2003; Sandmeier, 2001; Savage, 2002; Penner 2011, n.p.) creatures that normally reach 17-24 mm in length with four, digits on their hands and feet. These frogs have dark eyes and their skin is very dewy with a gleamy appearance (Penner 2011, n.p.) and tend to vary in colors –strawberry-red, yellow, white, green, orange all mostly with black or navy blue lower parts- which explains its common form called “blue jeans”. The color that Dendrobates pumilio (image 1) exhibit expresses that the frog has a toxicity that is very poisonous which is alerting to predators so that they will avoid attacks…