🐸 American toad vs Golden poison frog 🐸
The American toad is about twice as long as the golden poison frog.
| Row | 🐸 American toad | 🐸 Golden poison frog |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Lives The golden poison frog usually lives about 7 times as long as the American toad. | 1 year to 2 years1 year to 2 years1 | 10 years10 years2 |
| Eats Both eat bugs. | beetles, ants, slugs, worms and other small garden creatures | ants, beetles and other tiny insects |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | gardens, fields and woods across eastern North America | a small part of the rainforest on the Pacific coast of Colombia |
Which one? American toad or golden poison frog
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American toad or the golden poison frog yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Minute Man National Historical Park, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Poison frogs, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: poison dart frog (Dendrobates sp.) profile, checked 30 October 2026.