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Poison Dart Frog Plate — Cover

About Poison Dart Frog Plate

Poison Dart Frog Plate distills the visual logic of mid-century dendrobatid identification plates, where cobalt, orange, and golden-yellow frog morphs were arranged by color against a deep rainforest-black ground. The black field is not decoration — it is the documented herpetology convention that maximizes the saturation of aposematic warning colors.

Rendered in saturated gouache with glossy skin, black banding, and crisp specimen labels, the system pairs scientific rigor with maximal color pop. Orange and gold lead; cobalt and leaf-green support — all blazing against matte black.

Learn more about the Poison Dart Frog Plate style

Origin
Latin America (Central & South American rainforest)
Era
1950–1990 (mid-to-late 20th-century herpetological plate convention)
Key figures
Dendrobatid morph illustrators · Herpetological plate artists · Field-guide gouache painters
Movements
Aposematic-coloration warning-signal plates · Saturated gouache herpetology illustration · Mid-century scientific field-guide art

Poison Dart Frog Plate design spec

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Typography

ArchivoHeadings
BarlowBody
Roboto SlabMono
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