Tomato frog
Obutwa mu lususu lwakyoKirya: EbiwukaKya butwa, si kya busagwaThe tomato frog is a bright orange-red frog that lives only on the island of Madagascar. Its colour is a warning: its skin produces a sticky white substance that can cause an allergic reaction in people. It is also a species of conservation concern, because many have been taken for the pet trade.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Vibrant orange-red colour on the back1
- Females have brighter red or orange tones and a pale underside1
- Some individuals have black spots on the throat1
- Females are much larger than males1
Kitera okutabulwa ne: The tomato frog is closely related to D. guineti, and the two are often confused. It is not yet clear how far the tomato frog's range extends, or whether it is a separate species or a variant of D. guineti.1
Amaanyi g'obutwa
Olususu lwakyo lwa butwa. Kya kabi okukwatako, okukomba oba okulya.
Obutwa bwakyo bukola ki?
The tomato frog is poisonous to touch rather than venomous, as it does not inject venom. A white substance secreted from its skin acts as a glue and can produce an allergic reaction in humans.1
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.The skin secretion can cause an allergic reaction in people.1
Kikola ki nga kitidde?
When threatened, it inflates its body to look larger, and its skin secretion acts as a sticky glue to deter predators.1
Omuntu bw'aba nga akikutteko oba akiridde
- Omuntu bw'aba nga akutteko emu: naaza bulungi engalo era tokwata ku maaso wadde akamwa. Omwana oba ensolo y'awaka bw'aba ng'agikombye oba agiridde: kuba ekifo ekikola ku butwa (poison centre) oba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze.
Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi
Weekuume
- Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
- Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
- Bw'oba okikutteko oba okiridde: tokolokota maaso go wadde akamwa, naaza engalo zo era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo.
Tekikunoonya. Obutwa bwakyo buliwo bwokka tewabaawo kikirya. Ebirala ku kwekuuma
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
Kizitowa kyenkana wa?
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 3 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiriri
kyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 78 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)Tomato frog kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?
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Kidduka kyenkana wa?
Ebituufu
Females are much larger than males, reaching up to 230 g, while males reach only about 41 g.1
Each female can lay between 1,000 and 1,500 eggs at once, on the surface of the water.1
Tadpoles are only about 6 mm long when they hatch and feed by filter-feeding.1
Tadpoles turn into yellow juveniles about 45 days after the eggs were laid.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Dyscophus antongilii
- Ekibinja
- Ebikere eby'obutwa, ebikere ebinene (toads) ne newts
- Amaka
- Microhylidae2
- Ensengeka
- Anura
- Ssemazinga
- Afirika
- Abaana abawere
- Females lay a clutch of 1,000 to 1,500 eggs on the water surface. The tadpoles hatch about 36 hours later.1
- Kiri kitya mu nsiko
- Near Threatened (IUCN Red List)1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 1 / 5: Kitono3
Ebituufu we biva
- Dyscophus antongilii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dyscophus antongilii (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.
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