Poison dart frogs live in the rainforest. they produce a poison by eating toxic fire ants. the only known predator is a snake, liophis epinephelus. which of the following factors is most likely a density-independent regulator of population growth of poison dart frogs in the rainforest?
a) clear cutting the rainforest
b) limited food source
c) susceptibility to disease
d) increase in population of liophis epinephelus

Answer : Option A) Clear cutting the rainforest.

Explanation : The poison dart frogs are found to be living in rainforest. The predator is snake which are identified. According to the given information the most likely a density-independent regulator for the population growth of these poison dart frogs are clear cutting the rainforest. Once the rainforest is cut clearly the population of these frogs will be highy affected.