Strawberry poison frog: Wild-Life Detective

Question 1 · multiple choice

A young wildlife researcher wants to observe a Strawberry poison frog in the wild. Which location is the best match?

humid lowland rain forest and leaf litter grasslands, savannas, wetlands, and open forest flower-rich woodland edges, gardens, and meadows deep tropical reef slopes, rising shallower at night

Question 2 · multiple choice

A keeper is designing a natural feeding puzzle for a Strawberry poison frog. Which menu best matches its wild diet?

hunts hoofed mammals and also scavenges carcasses ants, mites, and other tiny arthropods grasses, sedges, roots, and bark small fish and aquatic insects

Question 3 · multiple choice

A field team plans its watch around the normal routine of a Strawberry poison frog. Which timing is most sensible?

feeds by day and rests while ruminating forages by day or night and migrates over long distances active by day hunts mainly by day near the water surface

Question 4 · multiple choice

[Image needed: a clear, unlabeled side-view photograph of a Strawberry poison frog moving naturally in its wild habitat, with its whole body visible and no captions.] Which movement description is accurate for a Strawberry poison frog?

walks sure-footedly on padded two-toed feet flies through water using broad front flippers swims below branches and makes precise surface approaches hops and climbs low vegetation

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which feature-and-function explanation best describes a useful adaptation of a Strawberry poison frog?

skin toxins are obtained partly from chemicals in its wild arthropod diet long legs keep the body away from biting prey club-like appendages accelerate rapidly and crack shells with impact and cavitation powerful claws open hard foods while modified gills breathe moist air

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which description correctly explains how a Strawberry poison frog begins or cares for the next generation?

alternates between a tiny attached polyp and a free-swimming medusa the female feeds unfertilised eggs to tadpoles placed in tiny pools the female guards eggs inside a silken retreat cubs develop inside a tree hollow or sheltered den

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which social pattern best describes how a Strawberry poison frog interacts with others of its kind?

adults often forage alone but may share resting or feeding sites pairs maintain long bonds and reunite with ritualised dances males defend calling sites while parents provide unusual care mostly solitary and strongly territorial

Question 8 · multiple choice

What useful role does a Strawberry poison frog play in its ecosystem?

recycles carcasses and also controls prey populations as an effective hunter aerates soil and creates shelter used by other animals moves energy from aquatic prey to riverbank ecosystems moves nutrients between leaf litter and small plant pools

Question 9 · multiple choice

A predator approaches a Strawberry poison frog. Which response is the most realistic?

bright warning colours discourage predators from tasting it rears up and sweeps powerful claws when unable to escape uses agility, chases, and sharp bill displays withdraws into its shell and seals the opening with a tough hood

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A strawberry poison frog captive individuals often lose much of their toxicity when their natural diet changes.

True False