#NewSpecies!
New poison frog from #peru just jumped in:

Ameerega kuriinti

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C2B49-FFE9-FFEE-E9D6-AF56FD48FD8C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5759.3.4
#Zootaxa #AmeeregaKuriinti

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #poisonfrogs

Step-By-Step Evolution Of A Chemical Weapons System By Poison Frogs

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of diet-derived alkaloids, whilst poison frogs store more and could chemically modify them.

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#PoisonFrogs #Evolution #ChemicalEcology #defense https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/30/step-by-step-evolution-of-a-chemical-weapons-system-by-poison-frogs/

Step-By-Step Evolution Of A Chemical Weapons System By Poison Frogs

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of diet-derived alkaloids, whilst poison frogs store more and could chemically modify them.

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#PoisonFrogs #Evolution #ChemicalEcology #defense https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/30/step-by-step-evolution-of-a-chemical-weapons-system-by-poison-frogs/

Step-By-Step Evolution Of A Chemical Weapons System By Poison Frogs

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of diet-derived alkaloids, whilst poison frogs store more and could chemically modify them.

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#PoisonFrogs #Evolution #ChemicalEcology #defense https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/30/step-by-step-evolution-of-a-chemical-weapons-system-by-poison-frogs/

How poison #frogs built a chemical weapons system one step at a time https://phys.org/news/2026-04-poison-frogs-built-chemical-weapons.html

Experimental evidence supports gradual #evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs: Adriana Jeckel et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2067/20253144/480951/Experimental-evidence-supports-gradual-evolution

"toxins released by #PoisonFrogs, #alkaloids, are derived from their diet in the wild, consisting of specific #ants, #mites, #millipedes, & #beetles... the process developed gradually over time, with poison frogs slowly adapting to increasingly toxic diets"

New To Science Blue-Striped Poison Frog Discovered In Brazil, from Institute of Amazonian Research & National Museum of the Czech Republic, published by PLOSone

by @GrrlScientist

#frogs #PoisonFrogs #NewSpecies #AmazonRainforest #herpetology #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/05/18/new-to-science-blue-striped-poison-frog-discovered-in-brazil/

New To Science Blue-Striped Poison Frog Discovered In Brazil, from Institute of Amazonian Research & National Museum of the Czech Republic, published by PLOSone

by @GrrlScientist

#frogs #PoisonFrogs #NewSpecies #AmazonRainforest #herpetology #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/05/18/new-to-science-blue-striped-poison-frog-discovered-in-brazil/

New To Science Blue-Striped Poison Frog Discovered In Brazil, from Institute of Amazonian Research & National Museum of the Czech Republic, published by PLOSone

by @grrlscientist

#frogs #PoisonFrogs #NewSpecies #AmazonRainforest #herpetology #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/05/18/new-to-science-blue-striped-poison-frog-discovered-in-brazil/