Amphibians

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The Strawberry poison-dart frog (oophaga pumilio), formerly (dendrobates pumilio), is found in eastern central Nicaragua, Costa Rica and northwestern Panama and is less than an inch in length. Look for theses terrestrial frogs in leaf litter in humid lowlands, premountain forests and plantations.

Their diet consists mainly of adult mites and formicine ants, from which they get their toxicity.

There is widespead color variation in this species, the most common of whicnh, is the blue jean poison-dart frog morph of Cosa Rica.