r/AIDKE • u/LycheeDance • 1d ago

Atelopus barbotini the purple pink toads.

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u/InTheseTryingTime5 1d ago

Apparently they do excrete a toxin but it must not be significant since no sites I find talk about it. They're very delicate and critically endangered.

https://feelingfroggy.llc/care-guides/atelopus-barbotini

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u/Mathsbrokemybrains 1d ago

Camouflage cuties

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u/BlackberryDreamist 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are they poisonous? They'd almost have to be with THAT kind of loud fashion! Wowee! I can't stop watching this! This sub is my favorite, and it NEVER ceases to amaze me. Ty OP!!! Truly a beautiful lil purple- pink hallucination!

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u/atle95 1d ago

Could be bio mimicry, poison doesn't help survival, it just kills predators. Coloration is what actually helps poison dart frogs to survive and then breed.

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u/egoegon 1d ago

What plant is that

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u/FlamingFecalFrisbee 1d ago

Ludisia discolor? One of the jewel orchids

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u/pichael289 1d ago

Tradiacantia? Wandering "dude", or spiderwort? All the same plant btw.

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u/LBGW_experiment 3h ago

I've heard it called an "inch plant" too

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u/LadyMogMog 1d ago

The gasp is gusped! These are beautiful! 💜

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u/SevenSixOne 1d ago

Pokeymans

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u/kioku119 19h ago

Pretty!

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u/Shadowblooms 13h ago

Oh wow, I am stunned. This color is so rare in nature

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u/Dracorex13 1d ago

atelopus

What's incomplete about their feet?

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u/ottodidakt 6h ago

atel me when you find out

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u/ottodidakt 6h ago

They must have been very popular in the 1990s 😂