Dendrobates truncatus
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In 3 days >90%
The yellow-striped poison frog (Dendrobates truncatus) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Colombia. This diurnal frog lives in wet, humid, and dry tropical forests. It has also been observed in disturbed areas, such as banana plantations but not anywhere that has been completely cleared. This frog has been observed between 100 and 1800 meters above sea level.
The female frog lays her eggs on the ground. When the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to pools of still water. The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. It may once have been threatened by capture for the international pet trade, but it has since gained a CITES listing. If that listing were to be removed, it might become threatened again. Unlike some of its congeners, this frog is difficult to breed in captivity. Sometimes these frogs die when people spray coca farms to kill the plants. The frog is diurnal, and the spraying takes place during the day. Wikipedia →
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Colombia · 2021
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Colombia · 2017
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Paris Zoological Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Slimbridge Wetland Centre | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Brevard Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Zoo Atlanta | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Parque de la Conservación | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Montecasino Bird Gardens | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Vancouver Aquarium | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | zoologico de barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Aqua Park Shinagawa | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 12 | National Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 14 | Jenkinson's Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Aquarium of Niagara | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Montreal Biodome | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-striped Poison Frog sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, based on 104 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 14 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-striped Poison Frog in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, against about 30% in January, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-striped Poison Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tayrona National Natural Park, in our data
Tayrona National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-striped Poison Frog sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-striped Poison Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Tayrona National Natural Park (104 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
