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     The Green and Black Dart-Poison frog is another interesting frog found in South America. These small, colorful frogs actually hatch their eggs inside bromeliads. Their skin contains numerous glands which secrete poisonous substances, and its vivid coloration serves as a warning to potential predators. So powerful is this poison that Indians use it on their arrows to hunt prey.

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