Bloody Bay Poison Frog

About the Bloody Bay Poison Frog

The Bloody Bay poison frog or Tobago poison frog (Mannophryne olmonae) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Tobago Island and Little Tobago Island in Trinidad and Tobago. The adult male frog measures 21.0 mm ± 2.4 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 21.6 mm ± 2.2 mm. The skin of the dorsum is brown in color. There is a green mark in the shape of the letter X on the back that connects to the interorbital area. There is a mark in the shape of the letter V on the back nearer the posterior end. There is a light brown stripe edged in gray and a yellow stripe, also edged in gray, on each side of the body. The upper surfaces of the legs are light brown in color with dark marks and two yellow marks. There is yellow pigmentation on the belly.

This frog lives near streams in forests. Almost all of the forests in Tobago are secondary forests, former cacao plantations that have been growing back since the early 20th century. Scientists saw the frog between 30 and 4900 meters above sea level.

One of the places the frog lives is a protected rain reserve called Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve. The male... Wikipedia →