🐸 Golden poison frog report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the golden poison frog page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the golden poison frog
Phyllobates terribilis · Grades 1–2
| Length | 0.59 to 2.4 in (1.5 to 6.2 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 10 years |
Read about it
The golden poison frog is small and bright yellow. Its color tells other animals to stay away. It lives in the rainforest and eats tiny insects.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: poison dart frog (Dendrobates sp.) profile, nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=51, checked 2026-10-30
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Poison frogs, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/poison-frogs, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the golden poison frog
Phyllobates terribilis · Grades 3–4
| Length | 0.59 to 2.4 in (1.5 to 6.2 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 10 years |
Read about it
The skin of the golden poison frog holds a strong poison, and its bright color is a warning to other animals. Scientists think the frog gets its poison from the ants and beetles it eats in the wild, because frogs raised in care are not poisonous. Never touch a wild frog, whatever color it is.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: poison dart frog (Dendrobates sp.) profile, nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=51, checked 2026-10-30
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Poison frogs, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/poison-frogs, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the golden poison frog
Phyllobates terribilis · Grades 5–6
| Length | 0.59 to 2.4 in (1.5 to 6.2 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 10 years |
Read about it
Bright warning colors work because animals learn to leave a bright frog alone. The golden poison frog is one of the most poisonous animals on Earth, and scientists study its poison to learn how nerves work. It lives on the forest floor in only a small part of Colombia, so it is in danger when the forest is cleared. Protecting that forest is the best way to protect the frog.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: poison dart frog (Dendrobates sp.) profile, nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=51, checked 2026-10-30
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Poison frogs, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/poison-frogs, checked 2026-10-30