Common Name: Sky Blue Poison Dart Frog
Scientific Name: Hyloxalus azureiventris
Family: Dendrobatidae – Poison Dart Frog family
Location: Peru
Size: 1.0 inches (27 mm)
The Sky Blue Poison Dart Frog lives in rock piles and caves in the tropical rain forest in the east Andes.
The males call out from their rock cover. The females lay 12 – 16 eggs in the leaf litter, halves of coconuts, or bromeliad plants. The males guard the eggs for up to two weeks until they hatch. Then, the male carries the tadpoles to water bodies with moving water.
The Sky Blue Poison Dart Frog is found in the pet trade. Some individuals were legally exported in 2005 by an INIBICO project. If you look to buy a Sky Blue Poison Dart Frog as a pet, make sure its a captive bred one.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assess the Sky Blue Poison Dart Frog as Endangered with extinction. The frog lives only in 2 locations that is threatened by human development.