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Golfodulcean poison frog

Phyllobates vittatus

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Gifpaddas, skurwepaddas & salamanders

Gif in sy velEet: InsekteGiftig om aan te raak of te eet, nie deur 'n byt of steek nie

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

The Golfodulcean poison frog is a small, brightly marked frog that lives only in Costa Rica. Its skin contains a strong nerve poison, so it is one of the most toxic frogs in its genus, and it is a reminder that bright colours can be a warning. It lives in wet forests near streams.1

Giftig deur 'n byt of steek, of giftig om aan te raak of te eet? Sommige diere spuit gif in met 'n byt of 'n steek. Ander is skadelik om aan te raak of te eet. Hierdie een is giftig om aan te raak of te eet.

Leef in

Endemic to Costa Rica1

Noord-Amerika

Tuis

It lives in lowland moist and wet forests, both primary (old-growth) and secondary (regrowing), at heights of 20 to 550 metres above sea level. It is a daytime, ground-dwelling frog that stays close to streams. Eggs are laid on leaves above the ground.1

Lengte

3,5 cm (1,4 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It feeds on insects and other small invertebrates. Captive frogs have no toxin, which suggests the frogs take up their poison from this food rather than making it themselves.1

Foto van Golfodulcean poison frog — Golfodulcean poison frog. Foto: Celloc85. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hoe om dit te herken

The body is black, but it can look glittery because of pigments in the skin.1
Two stripes run down the back from just above the vent to the tip of the nose. They are usually fire orange, but can be golden, yellow or green.1
The legs are mottled blue, and the sides often have a blue or green marble pattern.1
It is a fairly large poison frog for its genus, with a smooth, sloping back. Its shoulder blades are usually hidden under the skin, so it can look a little plump.1
Females are typically larger than males. Adults reach about 3.5 cm long.1

Word dikwels verwar met: The related P. bicolor and P. terribilis have visible shoulder blades under the skin, which the Golfodulcean poison frog usually lacks, so it looks smoother and rounder.1

Gifkrag

Gif in sy vel

Sy vel is giftig. Dit is gevaarlik om aan te raak, te lek of te eet.

Wat doen sy gif as jy daaraan raak of dit eet?

Its skin contains batrachotoxin, a neurotoxic alkaloid poison, which attacks the nerves. A large enough dose causes severe pain, then tonic-clonic seizures (violent convulsions) and paralysis.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

It is highly toxic, though it is only the fourth most toxic species in the genus Phyllobates. The poison is in the skin, so the risk comes from handling the frog or getting the poison from its skin into the body.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Its bright, multi-coloured body advertises its toxin as a warning to predators.1

As iemand daaraan geraak of dit geëet het

As iemand aan een geraak het: was die hande goed en moenie aan die oë of mond raak nie. As 'n kind of troeteldier een gelek of geëet het: bel 'n gifsentrum of jou noodnommer.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As jy daaraan geraak of dit geëet het: moenie jou oë of mond vryf nie, was jou hande en kry mediese hulp.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Sy gif is net daar sodat niks dit eet nie. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

omtrent so lank soos 'n skuifspeldkan 100 meter in 100 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot is Golfodulcean poison frog in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Golfodulcean poison frog omtrent 3,6 km/h (2,2 mph)

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

It is one of the few frogs whose poison is named batrachotoxin, a potent nerve toxin.1

Its climbing toe pads stick to leaves in a similar way to geckos, and it can climb out of an unsealed container.1

Male frogs carry their tadpoles on their backs, often for 1 to 2 days, to puddles, pools in palm leaves, or water-filled tree holes.1

Frogs in captivity have no toxin, which shows that their poison comes from what they eat.1

Its skin holds a large amount of poison, because it is comparatively large for a poison dart frog.1

The tadpoles become frogs after about 45 days, and the young frogs become sexually mature after ten months.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Phyllobates vittatus
Groep: Gifpaddas, skurwepaddas & salamanders
Familie: Dendrobatidae2
Orde: Anura
Kontinente: Noord-Amerika
Babas: During the breeding season, the female lays 7 to 21 eggs per clutch on leaves, about every one or two weeks, and the male guards the eggs and carries the hatched tadpoles on his back to water.1
Gevaar vir mense: 2 / 5: Pynlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Golfodulcean poison frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Phyllobates vittatus (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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