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Abbreviation Legend
- (CE) - Criticially Endangered
- (CI) - Critically Imperiled
- (E) - Endangered
- (I) - Introduced
- (IM) - Imperiled
- (NT) - Near Threatened
- (T) - Threatened
- (V) - Vulnerable
- (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Poison Dart Frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the United States
These amphibians are often called "dart frogs" due to the Natrive Americans's use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of their blowdarts. Howerver, of over 170 species, only four have been documented as being used for this purpose (curare plants are more commonly used), all of which come from the genus Phyllobates, which is cahracterized by the relatively large size of
There is only 1 species found in the United States, which was Introduced.
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