Baron's mantella
Otrov u kožiJede: KukciOtrovno na dodir ili za jelo, ne ugrizom ili ubodomBaron's mantella is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives only on the island of Madagascar. Its skin contains toxic chemicals that make it harmful to predators, and its bright colours warn them to stay away.1

Kako ga prepoznati
- Has a light line above the eyes, called a rostral line.1
- Hind limbs are orange with irregular black stripes, giving a tiger-like pattern.1
- Front limbs range from light green to bright orange or yellow, with a large rounded flank blotch.1
- Adults are 2.4 to 3.2 cm long, and females are slightly larger than males.1
- Males call during the day, and it is an active hunter in daylight.1
Često se miješa s: It is often confused with the painted mantella (Mantella madagascariensis), which has a similar look. The painted mantella has a sky-blue, horseshoe-shaped marking on its throat. Baron's mantella does not have the flashmarks on its lower hind limbs.1
Snaga otrova
Koža mu je otrovna. Opasno ga je dirati, lizati ili jesti.
Što radi njegov otrov ako ga dotakneš ili pojedeš?
It does not inject venom. Its skin contains alkaloids, which are toxic chemicals it gets from eating mites. These make it harmful to predators that eat it, and they can cause sickness. The strength of the toxin varies over time and by location, and frogs in remote populations may be more potent.1
Koliko je opasno za ljude?
Opasnost za ljude: BlagoKao ubod pčele ili slabije. Uglavnom bezopasno za ljude.Its toxicity can vary, and careless handling is discouraged.1
Što radi kad se uplaši?
Its bright colours warn predators that eating it could be dangerous and cause sickness.1
Ako ga je netko dotaknuo ili pojeo
- Ako ga je netko dotaknuo: dobro operi ruke i ne diraj oči ni usta. Ako ga je dijete ili kućni ljubimac polizao ili pojeo: nazovi centar za otrovanja ili broj za hitne slučajeve.
Uvijek prvo nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911). Ovo su opće upute za prvu pomoć, a ne liječnički savjet. Osnove prve pomoći
Ostani na sigurnom
- Nikad ne diraj, ne hvataj i ne zadirkuj divlju životinju, čak ni malu, i čak ni ako izgleda kao da spava ili je mrtva.
- Ostavi joj prostora. Ako je sretneš, ne paniči, polako se odmakni i pusti je da ode svojim putem.
- Ako ga dotakneš ili pojedeš: ne trljaj oči ni usta, operi ruke i potraži liječničku pomoć.
Ne želi ti ništa loše. Njegov otrov služi samo tome da ga nitko ne pojede. Više o sigurnosti
Koliko je veliko?
Koliko je dugo?
otprilike dugo kao spajalica
moglo bi pretrčati 100 metara za 100 sekundi (najbržem čovjeku treba 9,6)Koliko je Baron's mantella velika životinja u usporedbi s TOBOM?
Samo matematika u tvom pregledniku. Ništa se ne sprema niti šalje nikamo.
Koliko je brzo?
Činjenice
Its toxicity comes from the mites it eats, so its poison depends on its diet.1
Mantella frogs look like poison dart frogs from Latin America, but they are only distant relatives. The likeness is an example of convergent evolution.1
Unlike most frogs, which are active at night, it hunts during the day.1
Its bright colours and its toxins are a warning system, a pattern called aposematism.1
Its family arrived on Madagascar an estimated 76 to 87 million years ago.1
It is one of the largest species in the Mantella genus, with only some Mantella viridis individuals reaching a similar size.1
Razbijač mitova
Mit: Baron's mantella is the same as the painted mantella, and is sometimes called a painted mantella.
Istina: The two are distinct species. They look alike, but the painted mantella has a sky-blue throat marking that Baron's mantella lacks.1
Za stručnjake za otrove
- Znanstveni naziv
- Mantella baroni
- Skupina
- Otrovne žabe, krastače i vodenjaci
- Obitelj
- Mantellidae2
- Redoslijed
- Anura
- Kontinenti
- Afrika
- Mladunci
- Females can lay up to 130 eggs in a single clutch, usually near water. Rain washes the tadpoles into the water.1
- Kako mu ide u divljini
- Least Concern (IUCN, 2016). It appears in CITES Appendix II.1
- Opasnost za ljude
- 1 / 5: Blago3
Odakle su činjenice
- Mantella baroni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Mantella baroni (iNaturalist): imena i klasifikacija.
- Venom Wiki: razina opasnosti, tipična veličina i procijenjena brzina naše su. Pogledaj kako ih izračunavamo: Kako ocjenjujemo opasnost.
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