AHB Series 20 – Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Bastimentos) – Oophaga pumilio | Frog

THE DEVOTED MOTHER · the Bastimentos morph

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

A Mother Like No Other

The female carries each newly hatched tadpole up into a water-filled plant, then returns again and again to feed it with her own unfertilized eggs until it grows — extraordinary devotion for a frog.

Color by Island

The strawberry dart frog is famous for its many ‘morphs,’ with populations on different islands and areas wearing wildly different colors — the Bastimentos form being one striking example.

Tiny and Toxic

Its small body carries potent skin toxins, gathered from wild prey and advertised by bold coloring — captive-raised frogs, on other diets, lose this toxicity.

A Thumbnail Jewel

For all its fame it is smaller than a coin, a brilliant fleck of color hopping across the forest floor — here rounded into a plump, jewel-like figure.