Oophaga histrionica

Oophaga histrionica
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Oophaga
Species:	O. histrionica
Binomial name
Oophaga histrionica (Berthold, 1845)
Synonyms
Hylaplesia de Cocteau Duméril and Bibron, 1841 Dendrobates histrionicus Berthold, 1845 Dendrobates tinctorius var. cocteani Steindachner, 1864 Dendrobates tinctorius cocteaui Boulenger, 1913 Dendrobates tinctorius var. coctaei Boulenger, 1913 Dendrobates tinctorius wittei Laurent, 1942 Dendrobates tinctorius histrionicus Laurent, 1942 Dendrobates histrionica Dunn, 1944 Dendrobates histrionicus concluens Blomberg, 1955 Dendrobates histrionicus confluens Funkhouser, 1956 Dendrobates tinctorius confluens Cochran and Goin, 1970 Oophaga histrionica Bauer, 1994

The Harlequin poison frog, common poison arrow frog, or red and black poison frog (Oophaga histrionica) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.

This frog has smooth skin with bright colors. Most of them have black or brown skin with red, orange, or yellow spots. The male frog can be larger than the female frog.

This frog lives on the ground in rainforests. People have seen this frog between 300 and 730 meters above sea level. People have seen the frog in Parque Nacional Tatamá, but this is not a protected park.

The male frog and female frog call to each other and touch each other for hours before the female frog lays eggs. After the eggs hatch, the female frog carries the tadpoles to bromeliad plants. She puts them in the water, where they grow. The female frog lays eggs that will not hatch for the tadpoles to eat. Sometimes a female frog will eat or kill the eggs from other female frogs.

Scientists believe this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in a small place, because people cut down forests to dig good rocks out of the ground, and because people catch the frog to sell. Some people keep this frog as a pet because it is so beautiful.