Close-up of a red frog, Boca del Toro, Panama, Central America

Carenero Island (Isla Carenero), Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, Central America

Starfish Beach, Bocas Del Drago, Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America

A colourful souvenir stall in Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Bocas Del Drago, Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America

Star Beach, Colon Island (Isla Colon), Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, Central America

Boat jetty, Isla Bastimentos, Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Central America

Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Boat trip past Colon Island in the Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Boat trip past Colon Island in the Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

A sign on Bocas del Drago beach, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

Bar and restaurant on stilts at dusk, Playa Tortuga hotel, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Pajaros Islet (Swan's Cay) off the coast of Boca del Drago on Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Seabirds Tropicbirds, Pajaros Islet (Swan's Cay off the coast of Boca del Drago on Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Wooden houses on stilts of Bocas del Toro town, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Punta Caracol Acqua Lodge hotel, Bocas town, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Man leaning on the guardrail of a house on stilts at Cayo Coral, southern headland of Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Boca del Drago, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Bar and restaurant on stilts at dusk, Playa Tortuga hotel, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Wooden houses on stilts of Bocas del Toro town, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Republic of Panama, Central America

Waterfront hotels, Colon Island (Isla Colon), Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, Central America

A view of the Caribbean sea off Bocas del Drago beach, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

Boca Del Drago Beach, Colon Island (Isla Colon), Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, Central America

A view of the Caribbean sea off Bocas del Drago beach, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

A view of a palm tree and the Caribbean sea off Bocas del Drago beach, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

A view of the Caribbean sea off Bocas del Drago beach, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

Tourists walking along beach, Zapatillas Island (Cayes Zapatillas), Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, Central America

A colourful local surf school and rental shop in Bocas Town, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

The bookstore bar in Bocas Town, Colon Island, Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama, Central America

Hotels in main street, Colon Island (Isla Colon), Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, Central America

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in a tree, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Jetty in the clear water and a typical wooden house on the small Caribbean island of Coral Key, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Surf on the sandy beach of Bluff Beach on the island of Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) on the shores of the Caribbean island of Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America