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seen around Iquitos town  Geotagged,Peru,Ranitomeya reticulata,Red-backed Poison Frog,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. What a fantastic series of tropical frogs, and very well captured :) Posted 9 years ago

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The Red-backed Poison Frog is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is an arboreal insectivorous species, and is the second-most poisonous species in the genus, after ''R. variabilis''. Like many species of small, poisonous frogs native to South America, it is grouped with the poison dart frogs, and is a moderately toxic species, containing poison capable of causing serious injury to humans, and death in animals such as chickens. ''R. reticulata'' is native to the Amazon rainforest in.. more

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Uploaded Sep 4, 2016. Captured Aug 8, 2016 17:20 in Carr. Iquitos-Nauta 1000, Peru.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/8.0
  • 1/99s
  • ISO2500
  • 100mm