The azureus are a species of poison dart frogs that are very bright in color. They are one and a half inches long. They are most often bright pink, red blue, gold or purple.
They live in Central America and South America, ranging from Costa Rica to Brazil. They are a tropical frog, therefore they have small geographic range.
As most frogs, azureus eat mostly insects such as flies, beetles, and small crickets.
It has been misconceived that the tribes of the Amazon used azureus' poison in arrows, and they were inaccurately called poison arrow frogs for awhile. In the early 1980's though, they were corrected since the tribes in the Amazon use the frog's poison for their blow gun darts, giving them the common name poison dart frogs.