Editing Poison dart frog (section)

== Captive care ==
{{See also|History of dendrobatid frogkeeping}}
[[File:Pet Auratus.jpg|Captive female ''D. auratus''.|thumb|right]]All species of poison dart frogs are [[Neotropical realm|Neotropical]] in origin. Wild-caught specimens can maintain toxicity for some time (which they obtain through a form of [[bioaccumulation]]), so appropriate care should be taken when handling them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stefan |first1=Lötters |title=Poison Frogs: Biology, Species, & Captive Husbandry |last2=Jungfer |first2=Karl-Heinz |last3=Henkel |first3=Friedrich Wilhelm |last4=Schmidt |first4=Wolfgang |publisher=Serpent's Tale |year=2007 |isbn=978-3-930612-62-8 |pages=110–136}}</ref> While scientific study on the lifespan of poison dart frogs is scant, retagging frequencies indicate it can range from one to three years in the wild.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=H. M. |last2=Nepveu |first2=G. |last3=Mahé |first3=F. |last4=Valentin |first4=G. |year=2002 |title=Traumatic Injuries in Two Neotropical Frogs Dendrobates auratus and Physalaemus pustulosus |journal=Journal of Herpetology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=117–121 |doi=10.1051/forest:19940309 |doi-access=free}}</ref> However, these frogs typically live for much longer in captivity, having been reported to live as long as 25 years. These claims also seem to be questionable, since many of the larger species take a year or more to mature, and ''[[Phyllobates]]'' species can take more than two years.<!-- UNREFERENCED generally eat ants, [[termites]], small [[beetles]], house [[crickets]], [[fruit flies]], [[springtails]], [[waxworms]], [[spiders]] and other small [[invertebrates]]. -->

In captivity, most species thrive where the humidity is kept constant at 80 to 100% and where the temperature is around {{convert|72|F|C}} to {{convert|80|F|C}} during the day and no lower than {{convert|60|F|C}} to {{convert|65|F|C}} at night. Some species tolerate lower temperatures better than others.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}