Golden poison frog
Scientific name: Phyllobates terribilis Myers, Daly & Malkin, 1978
Overview
The golden poison frog, also known as the golden dart frog or golden poison arrow frog, is a poison dart frog endemic to the rainforests of Colombia. The golden poison frog has become endangered due to habitat destruction within its naturally limited range. Despite its small size, this frog is considered to be the most poisonous extant animal species on the planet.
From the Wikipedia article “Golden poison frog”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
Common names
Names in other languages (9)
- Arabic
- فيلوباتس تيريبيليس
- Bengali
- গোল্ডেন পয়জন ব্যাঙ
- Chinese
- 金色箭毒蛙
- German
- Schrecklicher Pfeilgiftfrosch
- Hindi
- सुनेहरा जहर मेंढक
- Indonesian
- Katak racun emas
- Japanese
- モウドクフキヤガエル
- Persian
- قورباغه نیزه سمی طلایی
- Russian
- Ужасный листолаз
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q963997, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Golden poison frog”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Wilfried Berns, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Givet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026