Bi-coloured Poison (Dart) Frog Phyllobates bicolor

The Bi-coloured Poison Dart Frog is a close relative of the Golden Poison Frog and, like all Phyllobates frog species, is highly toxic (the second most toxic frog). The toxicity derives from their diet (plant toxins eaten by beetles which are then eaten by the frogs) and is lost in captive bred frogs. Their name comes from their use to poison tips of blow darts by native tribes.

Its usual body colouring is golden yellow with dark hind legs and forearms, ranging from green to dark blue to black and sometimes including the rump. It is also called the Black-legged Poison Dart Frog. Some morphs have uniform golden body colour.

It lives in the undergrowth of forests in a small area of western Colombia. The female frogs lay eggs on land and males carry tadpoles on their backs to ponds.