🐸 Golden poison frog vs Goliath frog 🐸
The goliath frog is about 8 times as long as the golden poison frog.
| Row | 🐸 Golden poison frog | 🐸 Goliath frog |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the golden poison frog yet. | no checked number yet | 7.3 lb3.3 kg1 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the goliath frog yet. | 10 years10 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The golden poison frog eats bugs; the goliath frog eats meat. | ants, beetles and other tiny insects | insects, freshwater crabs and other small animals |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | a small part of the rainforest on the Pacific coast of Colombia | fast rivers and waterfalls in the rainforests of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea in Africa |
Which one? Golden poison frog or goliath frog
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the golden poison frog or the goliath 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
- Federal Register (US Fish and Wildlife Service), checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Poison frogs, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: poison dart frog (Dendrobates sp.) profile, checked 30 October 2026.