Pumiliotoxin 251D
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Pumiliotoxin 251D is one of the toxins found in the skin of poison frogs from the Dendrobates
Dendrobates
Dendrobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to South America. It once contained all poison dart frogs; until recently, frogs such as Dendrobates pumilio and Dendrobates terribilis were scientifically valid names...

, Epipedobates
Epipedobates
Epipedobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to northern South America. Recently, many of the species were placed in the revived genus, Ameerega.-Species:Selected species:*Epipedobates anthonyi -...

, Minyobates and Phyllobates
Phyllobates
Phyllobates is a genus of poison dart frogs native to South America, from Nicaragua to Colombia. Phyllobates contains the most poisonous species of frog, the Golden Poison Frog . They are typical of the poison dart frogs, in that all species are colourful, and have varying degrees of toxicity...

and toads from the Melanophryniscus
Melanophryniscus
Melanophryniscus is a genus of toads composed of 25 amphibian species located in Argentina, south of Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.- Species :...

families. It is not manufactured by the amphibians, but absorbed through their insect-rich diet. It is extremely toxic to mosquitoes.
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