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An endangered mint morph of the terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terriblis) from a private collection. This is a male and on his back are several tadpoles, which he carries until he can find a suitable wet place to drop them off so they can develop into young frogs. In the wild this would be inside water-filled bromeliad plants high up in trees and away from predators. Some tropical amphibians carry their tadpoles to water.
Keywords
- amphibian
- Animal
- black background
- Captive
- carrying
- Close-up
- copy space
- endangered
- frog
- Male
- mint morph
- parenting
- Photo Ark
- Phyllobates terribilis
- Portrait
- rare
- side view
- studio
- tadpole
- terrible poison dart frog
- threatened
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This photo is part of the Photo Ark.