What is Dendrobates leucomelas?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Yellow-banded.poison.dart.frog.arp.jpg | status =LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN/> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Dendrobates leucomelas | authority = Steindachner, 1864 | range_map =Dendrobates leucomelas distribution.png |synonyms= | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''bumblebee poison dart frog''', '''yellow banded poison frog''', '''yellow-headed poison frog''', or '''yellow-banded poison arrow frog''' (''Dendrobates leucomelas'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[Brazil]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], and [[Guyana]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Dendrobates leucomelas'' Steindachner, 1864 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatoidea/Dendrobatidae/Dendrobatinae/Dendrobates/Dendrobates-leucomelas |access-date=July 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title=''Dendrobates leucomelas'' Steindachner, 1864 |author1= Phoebe Lehmann |author2=Michelle S. Koo |editor2= Phoebe Lehmann |author3=Michelle S. Koo|editor1=Meredith Mahoney |date=January 11, 2003 |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/1638 |access-date=July 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |title= ''Dendrobates leucomelas'' |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55191/61395501 |page= e.T55191A61395501 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55191A61395501.en |id=55191 |year=2023 |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |accessdate=July 12, 2024}}</ref> ==Body== The adult frog is about 31 to 38 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]]. The skin of the frog's back is black with side-to-side stripes. The stripes are either bright yellow, orange-yellow, or orange in color. There can be marks on the stripes. The belly is black in color. These bright colors tell [[predator|animals that want to eat the frog]] that there is [[aposematic coloration|poison in the frog's body]]. The frog makes chemicals on its feet to help it climb and stay still without falling.<ref name=Amph /> ==Home== This frog [[diurnal|is awake during the day]]. It li