Baron's mantella
Baron'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

Cara mengenalinya
- 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
Sering tertukar dengan: 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
Kekuatan racun
Kulitnya beracun. Berbahaya untuk disentuh, dijilat, atau dimakan.
Apa efek racunnya?
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
Seberapa berbahaya bagi manusia?
Bahaya bagi manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau lebih ringan. Pada dasarnya tidak berbahaya bagi manusia.Its toxicity can vary, and careless handling is discouraged.1
Apa yang dilakukannya saat takut?
Its bright colours warn predators that eating it could be dangerous and cause sickness.1
Jika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya
- Jika seseorang menyentuhnya: cuci tangan sampai bersih dan jangan menyentuh mata atau mulut. Jika anak atau hewan peliharaan menjilat atau memakannya: hubungi pusat informasi keracunan atau nomor darurat.
Selalu hubungi nomor darurat dulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan pertama umum, bukan nasihat medis. Dasar-dasar pertolongan pertama
Tetap aman
- Jangan pernah menyentuh, menangkap, atau mengganggu hewan liar, walaupun kecil, dan walaupun tampak tidur atau mati.
- Beri ia ruang. Jika bertemu, tetap tenang, mundur perlahan, dan biarkan ia pergi.
- Jika kamu menyentuh atau memakannya: jangan mengucek mata atau mulut, cuci tangan, dan cari bantuan medis.
Ia tidak mengincarmu. Racunnya hanya ada supaya tidak ada yang memakannya. Lebih lanjut tentang tetap aman
Di mana di dunia?
Seberapa besar dia?
Seberapa panjang dia?
kira-kira sepanjang penjepit kertas
bisa menempuh 100 meter dalam 100 detik (manusia tercepat butuh 9,6)Seberapa besar Baron's mantella dibandingkan KAMU?
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Seberapa cepat dia?
Fakta
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
Pembongkar mitos
Mitos: Baron's mantella is the same as the painted mantella, and is sometimes called a painted mantella.
Faktanya: The two are distinct species. They look alike, but the painted mantella has a sky-blue throat marking that Baron's mantella lacks.1
Untuk ahli bisa
- Nama ilmiah
- Mantella baroni
- Kelompok
- Katak beracun, kodok, dan kadal air
- Keluarga
- Mantellidae2
- Urutan
- Anura
- Benua
- Afrika
- Anak
- Females can lay up to 130 eggs in a single clutch, usually near water. Rain washes the tadpoles into the water.1
- Bagaimana keadaannya di alam liar
- Least Concern (IUCN, 2016). It appears in CITES Appendix II.1
- Bahaya bagi manusia
- 1 / 5: Ringan3
Dari mana faktanya berasal
- Mantella baroni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Mantella baroni (iNaturalist): nama dan klasifikasi.
- Venom Wiki: tingkat bahaya, ukuran umum, dan perkiraan kecepatan adalah buatan kami. Lihat cara kami menghitungnya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.
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