The Dart Frogs of the Amazon Rainforest Photographic Workshop is fast approaching with limited space remaining. On Saturday May 13th at 10:00 am at the Crinan Community Centre located at 13568 Dunborough Line in West Elgin, Ontario those that are already registered will be creating incredible imagery of a vast variety of dart frogs endemic to the forests of Peru. In order to photograph this vast variety of frogs in the wild it would cost tens of thousands of dollars and extensive, guided travel, but in this four hour photographic workshop you will create impressive imagery of nature’s most colourful animals, in natural settings, in comfort.
One lucky participant will be walking away with a door prize donated by Wimberley!
One such frog we will be photographing is Phyllobates terribilis aka “The Terrible One.” This frog is the deadliest vertebrate on the planet with enough alkaloid toxins to kill 100 people. Fortunately all dart frogs in captivity lose their toxins and are perfectly safe. They develop their toxins through the ants and termites that they feed on in the Amazon Rainforest, without this food supply they lose their toxicity.
All frogs used in this workshop are captive bred specimens.
Here are a few examples of what you will be able to capture if you register for the workshop. Do note that there are limited spaces remaining. For more information please click here.
Phyllobates terribilis (mint) – captive
Phyllobates terribilis – captive
Dendrobates auratus campana
Epipedobates anthonyi – captive
Phyllobates vittatos – captive
Dendrobates tinctorius (Azureus) – captive
Dendrobates tinctorius (Citronella) – captive
Andrew McLachlan 
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