Conium maculatum 399 BC, and his trial resulted in a death sentence. Although Socrates could have avoided death, he decided to take a potent infusion of the hemlock plant. Plato described Socrates' death in the "Phaedo": Although many have questioned whether this is a factual account, it is the perspective of Bloch that careful attention to Plato's words, modern and ancient medicine and other ancient Greek sources point to this account being consistent with "Conium" poisoning. Conium maculatum Conium maculatum, the hemlock or poison hemlock, is a highly poisonous biennial herbaceous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and
Sky-blue poison frog Sky-blue poison frog The sky-blue poison frog ("Hyloxalus azureiventris") is a species of poison dart frog. It is endemic to Peru and known from the lower eastern versant of the Andes in the upper Amazon basin of the San Martín Region. The species has been placed in numerous genera, including the new genus "Cryptophyllobates" erected for it. However, it is now placed in "Hyloxalus"; although "Hyloxalus azureiventris" represents a distinct clade within "Hyloxalus", recognizing it formally would render the rest of "Hyloxalus" paraphyletic. Its main distinguishing feature is dorsolateral stripes that run down the back and end on the posterior.