Pumpkin toadlet
Poison na loposo na yangoElyaka: MosuniYa poison (na kosimba to kolia), ya venin teThe 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

Ndenge ya koyeba yango
- 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
Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: 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
Makasi ya poison
Loposo na yango ezali na poison. Ezali likama kosimba yango, kolamba yango to kolia yango.
Poison na yango esalaka nini?
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
Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?
Likama mpo na bato: Epesaka pasiEkoki kopesa pasi mingi, kasi pene na ntango nyonso ezalaka likambo monene te.Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?
Its bright yellow-orange colour is a warning display (aposematism) that tells predators it is toxic.1
Soki moto asimbi to alei yango
- Soki moto asimbi moko: sukola maboko malamu mpe simba miso to monoko te. Soki mwana to nyama ya ndako alambi to alei moko: benga centre anti-poison to nimero ya urgence na yo.
Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso
Zala na libateli
- Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
- Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
- Soki osimbi yango to olie yango: kofrotter miso to monoko na yo te, sukola maboko na yo mpe luka lisalisi ya monganga.
Ezali koluka yo te. Poison na yango ezali kaka mpo ete eloko moko te elia yango. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela
Monene na yango boni?
Molai na yango boni?
mokuse koleka mosapi na yo ya moke
ekoki kopota metre 100 na sekonde 180 (moto ya mbangu koleka asengaka 9,6)Pumpkin toadlet azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?
Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.
Mbangu na yango boni?
Makambo ya solo
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
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
Its main toxin, 11-oxotetrodotoxin, is extremely rare in animals, even in marine species.1
Its young hatch directly into tiny toadlets, skipping the tadpole stage.1
It is among the largest frogs in its genus, Brachycephalus.1
Solo to lokuta?
Lokuta: Its glow under ultraviolet light is a warning signal to predators.
Solo: Studies suggest this is unlikely. Predators attack the frogs at the same rate whether or not they glow.1
Mpo na ba expert ya venin
- Kombo ya siansi
- Brachycephalus ephippium
- Ebota
- Ba grenouille ya poison, ba crapaud & ba triton
- Libota
- Brachycephalidae2
- Molongo
- Anura
- Bakontina
- Amerika ya Sude
- Bana
- It breeds by direct development. The female lays a few eggs on land, which hatch into young toadlets with no tadpole stage.1
- Ndenge ezali kobika na zamba
- Not considered threatened1
- Likama mpo na bato
- 2 / 5: Epesaka pasi3
Esika makambo euti
- Pumpkin toadlet (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Brachycephalus ephippium (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
- Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.
Likambo nyonso na lokasa oyo ezali na nimero oyo elakisi source na yango. Soki tosali libunga, limbisa biso, tozali bato oyo balingaka banyama, zulunale ya siansi te. Yebisa biso na [email protected] mpe tokobongisa yango.
