Learn how the poison dart frog lives.

The poison dart frog is a lot like the frogs we see around us all the time--except it's toxic. Readers will see how these creatures grow from eggs to tadpoles to adults. The frogs' beautiful warning colors of gold, copper, red, green, blue, black, or yellow are photographically demonstrated while graphic organizers simplify complex information. Readers are also informed about how to keep these frogs from disappearing forever.

Introduces facts about poison dart frogs, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and threats to these rainforest creatures. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis.

Using simple text and pictures, this book describes the poison dart frog.

Hop through the Amazon rain forest with the poison dart frog! Engaging text and oversized, striking photos invite readers to travel to South America and learn about the poison dart frog's body structure, diet, life cycle, social behavior, habitat, predators, and ways of defense. Readers will also learn about the frog's extremely toxic skin. Simple, labeled maps highlight the animal's home territory. Background information about South America is also given, as well as threats to the poison dart frog's survival. The book closes with a page of kid-friendly facts. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of this amazing, diverse continent and the incredible poison dart frog! Table of contents, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

The poison dart frog is a colorful creature with a colorful history. Readers learn the ways man has used this amphibian, which is one of the most toxic creatures on earth, for good and for evil. They will also discover its lifecycle, where it lives, how it creates its poison, what it eats, and what eats it.

Why are they called poison dart frogs, anyway? Readers will learn the answer to this question and more in this exciting book. Colorful, up-close photographs of these beautiful, tiny frogs in their native habitats give readers a stunning view of these fascinating creatures.