Population Golden Poison Frog
The Colombian population an animal descends from — the pale green of a mint, the deep orange or yellow of the others.
How it is produced
- Where it comes from
- This is not a single gene. It is produced by choosing which animals to breed, over generations.
- What that means for breeding
- No offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
Population is produced by selective breeding over generations, not by a single gene, so no offspring percentage can be given for it. Breeders judge it by looking at the parents.
Worth knowing. As in every dart frog, a "morph" here is a population rather than a gene: it does not combine with another and no pairing gives a ratio. Keepers hold that they should not be crossed, because the offspring belong to no population.
Worth knowing. Wild golden poison frogs are among the most toxic animals known, but captive-bred ones raised on cultured insects carry no toxin at all. Dart frogs obtain their alkaloids from wild prey, and a frog that has never eaten it has none — which is why captive animals can be handled.
What this rests on
Established by breeders through repeated crosses and recorded in community documentation, not by published genetics. That is how almost all morph inheritance is known — and it is worth saying rather than presenting it as laboratory fact.