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Pumpkin toadlet

Brachycephalus ephippium
Ina muusi tanWota a meemIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ñaari tooke, ñaari e newts Tooke e nguru mumIna ñaama: TeewTooke ɓanndu, wonaa tooke ŋatgol
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The pumpkin toadlet is a tiny, brightly coloured frog that lives in the leaf litter of the Atlantic rainforests of southeastern Brazil. Adults are bright yellow-orange, a warning sign that their skin and body carry a strong toxin. Scientists have found that the head and back of this frog glow under ultraviolet light.1

Tooke ɓanndu walla tooke ŋatgol? Kulle tooke ŋatgol ina naatna tooke e ŋatgol walla jukkugol. Kulle tooke ɓanndu ina bonna so meemaama walla ñaamaama. Ngal ko jogiiɗo tooke ɓanndu.
Ina wuuri e
Southeastern Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern São Paulo and southeastern Minas Gerais1
Amerik Worgo
Hello arano
It lives among leaf litter on the forest floor of Atlantic rainforests, at altitudes of 200 to 1,250 metres. It is active during the day.1
Juuteendi
1,2 cm haa 2 cm (0,5 in haa 0,8 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It feeds on tiny invertebrates found in the leaf litter.1
Goonga!Natal Pumpkin toadlet
Pumpkin toadlet. Natal: Carlos Otávio Gussoni. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Adults are bright yellow-orange.1
  • Newly hatched young are brown and well camouflaged.1
  • It is very small, with adults measuring 12.5 to 19.7 mm from snout to vent.1
  • Females tend to be larger than males.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It is closely related to the red pumpkin toadlet (B. pitanga), which also glows under ultraviolet light and shares its inability to hear its own call.1

Doole tooke ɓanndu

Tooke e nguru mum

Nguru mum ina jogii tooke. Ina bonna so meemaama, lakkaama walla ñaamaama.

Hol ko tooke ɓanndu mum waɗata?

This frog is poisonous rather than venomous, so it does not inject venom. Its main toxin is 11-oxotetrodotoxin, which is extremely rare in animals, even marine ones, and is four to five times more potent than tetrodotoxin. The toxins are found in the skin and ovaries but are mostly concentrated in the liver.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

Its bright yellow-orange colour is a warning display (aposematism) that tells predators it is toxic.1

So neɗɗo meemii ngal walla ñaamii ngal

  • So neɗɗo meemii gooto: loot juuɗe ɗee no moƴƴiri, wota a meem gite walla hunduko. So cukalel walla kullal galle lakkii walla ñaamii gooto: noddu centre antipoison walla nimero urgence.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So a meemii ngal walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunduko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓ ballal cafrol.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Tooke mum woni tan ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Pumpkin toadlet hedde 2 cm juutde (0,8 in)Ɓiyngel maaro gooto hedde 7 mm (0,3 in)Pees 1 oro hedde 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ɓuri hondu maa tokooso rabbaɗdeina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 180 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no Pumpkin toadlet mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

In 2019, scientists found that the head and back of this frog glow under ultraviolet light because of fluorescent skeletons. Young frogs that have gained adult colours still do not glow.1

2

Adults cannot hear the frequency of their own calls because their ears are underdeveloped. They communicate with movements such as inflating the vocal sac, gaping the mouth and waving their arms.1

3

Its main toxin, 11-oxotetrodotoxin, is extremely rare in animals, even in marine species.1

4

Its young hatch directly into tiny toadlets, skipping the tadpole stage.1

5

It is among the largest frogs in its genus, Brachycephalus.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: Its glow under ultraviolet light is a warning signal to predators.

Goonga: Studies suggest this is unlikely. Predators attack the frogs at the same rate whether or not they glow.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Brachycephalus ephippium
Fedde
Ñaari tooke, ñaari e newts
Ɓesngu
Brachycephalidae2
Ordre
Anura
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Worgo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It breeds by direct development. The female lays a few eggs on land, which hatch into young toadlets with no tadpole stage.1
Hol no ngal woniri e ladde
Not considered threatened1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Pumpkin toadlet (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachycephalus ephippium (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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