after about 21 days. When predation risk is high, males will transport their tadpoles on their backs for long distances between 3 to 4 days and selectively deposit them into predator free pools. Such tadpole transportation does not incur significant costs on adult males in terms of reduced feeding. Males are unable to breed with females while transporting tadpoles. Enemies The Trinidad poison frog and its tadpoles are commonly preyed on by a killifish species (Anablepsoides hartii) and shrimp of the genus Macrobrachium. The frog species also suffers from various intestinal parasites, or helminths, such as cestodes, nematodes, and acanthocephalans. References trinitatis Amphibians of Trinidad and Tobago Endemic fauna of Trinidad and Tobago Taxa named by Samuel Garman Amphibians described in 1888 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot