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Mimic poison frog

Ranitomeya imitator
Ko fii innde ndee: The species name imitator refers to the frog's habit of copying the colour patterns of other poison frogs.1
Alaa musiibaAlaa musiiba e yimɓe. Alaa ko haanaa hulugol.
Paaɓe tooke, krapooji e tritonuuji Tooke nder nguru mumNo ñaama: ƁuuɓuuliTookeejo ɓanndu, wanaa naatnoowo tooke
Musiiba e yimɓe: SeeɗaNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗugol. Ko ɓadii alaa musiiba e yimɓe.

The mimic poison frog is a small, brightly coloured frog from the rainforests of north-central eastern Peru. It is one of the best known dart frogs, and it is special because different populations copy the colours of other poison frogs. Scientists have studied it closely for its unusual family life.1

Tookeejo ɓanndu walla naatnoowo tooke? Kulle naatnooje tooke no naatna tooke e ŋatgol walla jukkugol. Kulle tookeeje ɓanndu no bonna si meemaama walla ñaamaama. Ngal ko tookeejo ɓanndu.
No hoɗi nder
North-central region of eastern Peru1
Amerik Sud
Hello arano
It lives in primary and old-growth secondary rainforests, between 200 and 1200 metres above sea level. Each male is territorial and usually works from one good plant that it retreats to.1
Juutugol
2 cm (0,8 in)3
mawnugol mawnuɗo aadaajo
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It eats ants, mites and other small invertebrates, including flies, beetles and springtails.1
Goonga!Natal Mimic poison frog
Mimic poison frog. Natal: Gabsch. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Its colour depends on its population. The striped morph has stripes, the spotted morph is mainly blue-green (sometimes yellow), the banded morph has bands, and the varadero morph is a separate form.1
  • Each colour morph copies a different, closely related poison frog that lives in the same area.1
  • It is active twice a day, once early in the day and again later on.1

No jiibondiree e: The striped morph closely resembles the striped Ranitomeya variabilis in colour. The two species differ in family life: this frog provides biparental care and is monogamous, while R. variabilis provides only paternal care and is polygamous.1

Doole tooke

Tooke nder nguru mum

Nguru mum ko tooke. No musiiba meemugol ngal, meemugol ngal e ɗemngal walla ñaamugol ngal.

Ko honɗun tooke ɓanndu mum waɗata?

Its skin contains pumiliotoxin B, a potent toxin. Because the frog is small, it can only secrete a limited amount of poison. Frogs kept in captivity do not make the toxin, so it probably comes from toxic insects and other invertebrates eaten in the wild.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: SeeɗaNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗugol. Ko ɓadii alaa musiiba e yimɓe.

Its toxicity is mild compared with other poison dart frogs. Its small size limits how much poison it can secrete.1

Si neɗɗo meemii walla ñaamii ngal

  • Si neɗɗo meemii gooto e majji: loot juuɗe ɗen no moƴƴi, wota meem gite walla hunuko. Si paykun walla kullal suudu meemii gooto e ɗemngal walla ñaamii gooto: noddu centre antipoison walla nimero ballal.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si a meemii walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunuko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktoro.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Tooke mum woodi tun ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Mimic poison frog juuti wona 2 cm (0,8 in)Ɓiyngel maaro wootel wona 7 mm (0,3 in)Pees 1 oro wona 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
juuti no ñippirde kayitaajeno waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 110 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Mimic poison frog mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

It is the first amphibian shown to be monogamous, meaning a pair stays together.1

2

After the eggs hatch, the female feeds the tadpoles with unfertilised eggs, which are a source of food.1

3

It evolved biparental care independently, so both parents look after the young.1

4

Male frogs attack other males that enter their territory.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Ranitomeya imitator
Fedde
Paaɓe tooke, krapooji e tritonuuji
Ɓesngu
Dendrobatidae2
Ordre
Anura
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Sud
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
After mating, the female lays fertilised eggs on a plant, and the male guards them and carries each tadpole to a small pool of water in a plant. One study recorded 1 to 4 tadpoles per mated pair reaching the breeding pool.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
1 / 5: Seeɗa3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Mimic poison frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ranitomeya imitator (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

Kala humpito nder ngoo hello no jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, yaafo, min ko yiɗɓe kulle, wanaa jaaynde ganndal. Haalan min e [email protected], min feewnitan.

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