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Japanese fire-bellied newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster

Oor die naam: Pyrrhogaster comes from Greek words meaning 'fire' and 'belly', which describes its bright red underside.1

Moet 'n dokter sienMoenie aanraak nieSelde dodelik, maar as iemand daaraan raak of dit eet, moet hy dokter toe gaan.

Gifpaddas, skurwepaddas & salamanders

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

Gevaar vir mense: ErnstigAs iemand daaraan raak of dit eet, moet hy dokter toe gaan. Sterftes is baie skaars.

The Japanese fire-bellied newt is a small amphibian with a dark back and a bright red belly. It lives only in Japan, in ponds, streams, forests and grasslands. Its body contains a strong poison that helps protect it from predators.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 Japan, found on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu and other Japanese islands1

Asië

Tuis

It lives in forests, grasslands, shrublands, wetlands, lakes, marshes and cultivated land, at heights from 30 to 2,020 m. It also lives in human-made water such as paddy fields and aquaculture ponds, where people may see it.1

Lengte

8 cm tot 15 cm (3,1 in tot 5,9 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

Juveniles eat soil-dwelling springtails and mites. Adults eat many kinds of insects, including dragonfly and damselfly larvae, flies, bees, wasps, ants and beetles, as well as frog tadpoles and the eggs of their own kind. Some adults also eat carrion.1

Foto van Japanese fire-bellied newt — Japanese fire-bellied newt. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

The skin on its upper body is dark brown, approaching black, and covered in wartlike bumps.1
The underbelly and underside of the tail are bright red with black spots.1
Young juveniles have creamy coloured bellies instead of red, though most larger juveniles show some red.1
Males have flatter, wider tails and more red on the belly than females.1
Adults are 8 to 15 cm long.1

Word dikwels verwar met: The German zoologist Heinrich Boie, who first described it in 1826, said he would have mistaken it for the smooth newt if he had not known it came from Japan.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?

The newt is not venomous: it does not bite or sting with venom. Its body contains high levels of tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin, which is a poison that attacks the nerves. The newt gets most of this poison from its diet.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: ErnstigAs iemand daaraan raak of dit eet, moet hy dokter toe gaan. Sterftes is baie skaars.

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Newts on smaller islands use the unken reflex, where they expose their bright red belly to startle or deter a predator. Newts on the mainland use different antipredator behaviour.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?

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Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

so lank soos 5 speelgoed-boublokke in 'n ry

Hoe groot is Japanese fire-bellied newt 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)

Japanese fire-bellied newt omtrent 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

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

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

The newt's body contains tetrodotoxin, a poison that it mostly takes in from the food it eats.1

Newts can regrow missing body parts, and this ability has been studied by scientists.1

Wild individuals as old as 23 years have been found.1

Males and females both produce peptide pheromones, chemical signals that attract the opposite sex when they are ready to mate.1

The larvae hatch as swimming, gilled young and lose their gills and fins at five to six months, when they become juveniles that live on land.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Cynops pyrrhogaster
Groep: Gifpaddas, skurwepaddas & salamanders
Familie: Salamandridae2
Orde: Caudata
Kontinente: Asië
Babas: Females lay eggs one at a time on underwater objects such as leaves and submerged roots. They can lay up to 40 eggs in one session and 100 to 400 in a breeding season. The eggs hatch after about three weeks.1
Lewensduur: omtrent 23 jaar1
Gevaar vir mense: 3 / 5: Ernstig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Japanese fire-bellied newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Cynops pyrrhogaster (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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