Red-backed Poison Frog

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 Peru and Ecuador.