🐸 Golden poison frog vs Japanese giant salamander 🐸
The Japanese giant salamander is about 40 times as long as the golden poison frog.
| Row | 🐸 Golden poison frog | 🐸 Japanese giant salamander |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 51 lb23 kg1 |
| Lives The Japanese giant salamander usually lives about 7 times as long as the golden poison frog. | 10 years10 years2 | 70 years70 years1 |
| Eats The golden poison frog eats bugs; the Japanese giant salamander eats meat. | ants, beetles and other tiny insects | fish, crabs, frogs and insects |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | a small part of the rainforest on the Pacific coast of Colombia | cold, clear mountain rivers in western Japan |
Which one? Golden poison frog or Japanese giant salamander
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the golden poison frog or the Japanese giant salamander 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
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, 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.