Golden poison frog

The golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is a dendrobatid of Colombia's Pacific Choco rainforest, known from fewer than five localities between about 100 and 200 m in Cauca and Valle del Cauca. Adults reach 47–55 mm, exceptionally 60 mm, and approach 30 g, making the species among the largest and most robust poison frogs; most are uniform bright yellow to gold. It feeds on small invertebrates, chiefly ants, and secretes batrachotoxin, roughly 1,900 micrograms per adult. The IUCN assessed it as Endangered in 2017, habitat loss being the principal threat. Clutches of 8–18 eggs hatch in 11–12 days.