Conium maculatum 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 North Africa. A hardy plant capable of living in a variety of environments, hemlock is widely naturalized in locations outside its native range. "Conium maculatum" is known by several common names. In addition to the English hemlock, the Australian carrot fern and the Irish devil's bread or devil's porridge, the following names are also used: poison parsley, spotted corobane and spotted hemlock. The plant should not be confused with the coniferous tree "Tsuga", also
Yellow-banded poison dart frog fall in prices within the exotic pet trade, which is an alleviative factor to the problem of overharvesting. Yellow-banded poison dart frog The yellow-banded poison dart frog ("Dendrobates leucomelas"), also known as yellow-headed poison dart frog or bumblebee poison frog, is a poisonous frog from the genus "Dendrobates" of the family Dendrobatidae. "Dendrobates leucomelas" is found in the northern part of continent of South America, most notably in Venezuela. It is also found in parts of Guyana, Brazil, and the extreme easternmost part of Colombia. This amphibian is normally found in very humid conditions in tropical rain forests, close to