Natural Environments Project Task
Overview of animals in the Amazon Rainforest: Leimadophis epinephelus, Green anaconda, Cougar, Jaguar, North American river otter, Harpy Eagle, Amazon river dolphin and so on.
Poison Dart Frog
Climate
Details on the Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest is a tropical rainforest
Latitude: 3.4653° S, 62.2159°W
Biotic Threats - Poison dart frogs do not have a lot of biotic threats due to they're extremely venomous toxins, so the only biotic threats of the poison dart frog is the Leimadophis epinephelus a type of snake that has developed antibodies to withstand their poison.
Abiotic Threats - Poison dart frogs suffer from mostly habitat loss, degradation caused by agriculture development in the rainforest, logging, pollution and human settlement. These aspects all greatly affect the poison dart frogs in their life times.
Poison dart frogs are a secondary consumer, so they feed on mostly small insects such as ants and termites. They capture these insects using their sticky, retractable tongues.
The Amazon Rainforest puts on 1500mm - 3000mm of precipitation every year. With November through April being the wetter seasons in the Amazon Rainforest, experiencing 80% of the total rainfall in the area. It maintains a high humidity of 77% to 88% year-round.
Humidity is quite high in the Amazon Rainforest, on average in the wetter seasons the Amazon Rainforest experience 88% humidity and in the dryer seasons 77% humidity.
Average temperature: 20°C (68°F) to 25°C (77°F). The Amazon rainforest remains warm all year and stays frost-free
Adaptations
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Poison dart frogs adapt bright colors to warn attackers not to eat it.
Poison dart frogs have extremely good vision, this helps them locate their prey in the dense jungle that is the Amazon Rainforest. Once they have located their prey they use their long, sticky, retractable tongues to capture and eat their prey.
Poison dart frogs have toxins in their skin, so if a predator is foolish enough to bite the frog, they could experience heart failure, paralysis and potentially the death of the attacking predator
Amphibians which require moisture an water to survive
They are unique and different from other frogs because they do not have webbing in between their toes. Instead, they have sticky pads on their toes which allows their to climb and easily hunt through the forest for their food.
They feed on ants, termites and other invertebrates that have high concentrations of alkaloids. Alkaloids are what helps the frogs produce the toxins that make them poisonous
The frogs are immune to their own poison which are stored on their skin glands and can be stored for years.
Most poison dart frogs are only about the size of a quarter.
Located in the South American continent and covers regions of 8 countries and a territory and is the largest rainforest in the world.