frog

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Epibatidine, found in the Ecuadoran dart frog, causes muscle paralysis and eventual asphyxiation.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Species known as Anthony's poison arrow frog and the Phantasmal poison frog are among those that secrete the toxin onto their skin.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was almost certainly killed by a poison derived from a rare frog toxin in an Arctic prison colony two years ago, several European governments said Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

In the 1984 film “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” the famous frog shows up at Sardi’s disguised in an elegant outfit and a pencil mustache.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The bottle was brass, so no one noticed the frog until all the water had been drunk.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan