The figure is mostly blue in color, but Schleich does a decent job of varying up and blending different blue tones together with the back, flanks, and throat being lighter in color than elsewhere. The corners of the mouth are turned up in a slight little smirk but it’s not so obvious as to be off-putting. The body is covered with a fine, bumpy texture. These digits are much thicker than they would be in life, but this makes sense for a toy. It correctly displays the high-arched back of the species and possesses the correct number of digits, four on the forelimbs and five on the hindlimbs. The Schleich blue poison dart frog is presented in a static posture. In captivity, living on a diet of non-toxic fruit flies, springtails, and baby crickets, dart frogs are harmless to humans. Dart frogs acquire their toxins from the invertebrates they consume, including fire ants, centipedes, and mites. Ingesting PTX can cause convulsions, paralysis, and death. Just handling the frog can cause pain, cramping, and stiffness. In the wild blue poison dart frogs produce pumiliotoxins (PTX) for self-defense. The Schleich dart frog has a head-to-rump length of 2” (5.08 cm), making it slightly larger than 1/1 scale. The blue poison dart frog is large by dart frog standards, measuring 1.5-1.75” (4-4.5 cm). Today’s review is for Schleich’s latest take on the frog, new for 2023. Thanks to its stunning blue color it is a popular frog in the pet trade, as well as a popular choice among toy manufacturers with figures by Bullyland, Papo, Safari, Club Earth, Colorata, K&M, and Schleich, among others. It is found in Surinam where it lives a diurnal and active lifestyle and prefers rocky habitats close to water. tinctorius) and was once considered its own subspecies. The blue poison dart frog ( Dendrobates tinctorius “azureus”) is a color variant of the dyeing poison dart frog ( D.
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