{"id":1226,"date":"2019-02-02T19:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T19:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frogpets.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2022-03-08T19:17:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T19:17:16","slug":"poison-dart-frog-life-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frogpets.com\/poison-dart-frog-life-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life Cycle of a Poison-Dart Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Frogs have an interesting life cycle due to metamorphosis. They begin their lives in a clutch of eggs, hatch into the water, transform into frogs and eventually hop on land as terrestrial creatures. The cycle repeats itself from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of us are familiar with the process, even without understanding it entirely. Dart frogs, however, have an interesting adventure in the midst of their already spectacular transformation from fully-aquatic swimmers to land-dwelling hoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their life begins in an egg, as do other tadpoles, but by the time they metamorphose into froglets, they\u2019ve been carried like a backpack, spent some time in a flower, and trekked down a jungle canopy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that’s just a quick overview. The full story is very interesting. So, let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The life of a poison dart frog, commonly called “poison arrow frogs,” begins as an adult female lays her eggs on the ground. Frogs usually lay their eggs in water or attach them to the underside of a plant that is hanging over water; as the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water. That\u2019s not the case here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n