Psychoactive Frogs
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Family :
Dendrobatidae / Hylidae
Genus :
Epipedobates; Phyllobates / Agalychnis, Hyla, Litoria, Phyllomedusa
Species :
tricolor; bicolor / assorted
COMMON NAMES
Frog Venom; Sapo
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Deliriant; Sedative; Euphoriant
DESCRIPTION
Assorted frog venoms may contain various active peptides (deltorphins, demorphins, phyllocaerulein, phyllokinin, and phyllomedusin), the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist analgesic alkaloid epibatidine, the tryptamine bufotenin, tetrodotoxin, and other compounds.
SPECIES #
Agalychnis callidryas (opioid peptides dermorphin and [hyp6]dermorphin)
Epipedobates tricolor (epibatidine)
Hyla spp. (bufotenin)
Litoria spp. (bufotenin)
Phyllobates spp. (batrachotoxins, opioid peptides: deltorphins and dermorphins)
Phyllomedusa bicolor (dermorphin-related peptides)
Rana spp. (bufotenin)
EXPERIENCES #
Sapo: A Medicine or Nostrum?, by Twix
The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, by dumdumboy
The Bad Shaman's Sapo, by Erik Davis
The Shaman Who Turned Into a Frog, by Bia Labate
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
EXPERIENCES #
The Sapo Diaries by Hamilton (video)
RESEARCH ON EPIBATIDINE AND ABT-594 #