Beware the poison dart frog!
Publication Information
New York : Enslow Publishing, [2023]
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 19 x 23 cm.
Series
Summary
"What's tiny, cute, and colorful, but very deadly? It's the poison dart frog! These critters come in many dazzling colors to remind other animals that they are not good to eat. Just touching a poison dart frog can be enough to absorb it's deadly neurotoxins. Readers get a chance to see these highly toxic creatures up close in their rain forest habitats of South and Central America. Readers also learn how poison dart frogs got their name, and how scientists are using their poison in modern medical applications"--
Contents
- Rain forest dwellers
- Frog eggs
- Caring for tadpoles
- Getting to know the poison dart frog
- Toxic!
- Neurotoxins
- Too pretty to eat
- Name game
- Poison hunters
- The most dangerous
- Amphibian illness
- Disappearing habitat
- Medical uses.