Native to the rainforest of southern Suriname, the blue poison dart frog — also called okopipi in the indigenous Trio language — earns its name with both its astonishing azure skin and its poison glands, designed to deter predators. Each frog has a unique pattern of black spots, as distinctive as fingerprints on a human
Born blue: Suriname’s blue poison dart frog
Suriname’s blue poison dart frog is a living treasure of the rainforest