Colombia: Indigenous Community Saves Colombia’s Poison Dart Frog from Coca and Logging

Nov 30, 2021 | Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay
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The golden dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is found only in southwest Colombia, where mountains and rainforest meet the mangroves of the Pacific coast. For centuries, the Indigenous communities there harvested the toxin for their hunting darts. But in recent years, as criminal activity has spread through the area, some communities have begun to worry that the frog might disappear.