Tetrodotoxin: Occurrence in atelopid frogs of Costa Rica.
The potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, which has previously been found in puffer fish of the order Tetraordontiformes, a goby (Gobius criniger), and the California newt (Taricha torosa), has now been identified in the skins of frogs of the genus Atelopus from Costa Rica.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D002845:Chromatography; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000032:analysis*
D014020:Tissue Extracts; D013779:Tetrodotoxin