Mimic poison frog
The mimic poison frog is a small, brightly coloured frog from the rainforests of north-central eastern Peru. It is one of the best known dart frogs, and it is special because different populations copy the colours of other poison frogs. Scientists have studied it closely for its unusual family life.1

Cara mengenalinya
- Its colour depends on its population. The striped morph has stripes, the spotted morph is mainly blue-green (sometimes yellow), the banded morph has bands, and the varadero morph is a separate form.1
- Each colour morph copies a different, closely related poison frog that lives in the same area.1
- It is active twice a day, once early in the day and again later on.1
Sering dikelirukan dengan: The striped morph closely resembles the striped Ranitomeya variabilis in colour. The two species differ in family life: this frog provides biparental care and is monogamous, while R. variabilis provides only paternal care and is polygamous.1
Kuasa racun
Kulitnya beracun. Ia berbahaya untuk disentuh, dijilat atau dimakan.
Apa kesan racunnya?
Its skin contains pumiliotoxin B, a potent toxin. Because the frog is small, it can only secrete a limited amount of poison. Frogs kept in captivity do not make the toxin, so it probably comes from toxic insects and other invertebrates eaten in the wild.1
Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?
Bahaya kepada manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau kurang. Boleh dikatakan tidak berbahaya kepada manusia.Its toxicity is mild compared with other poison dart frogs. Its small size limits how much poison it can secrete.1
Jika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya
- Jika seseorang menyentuhnya: basuh tangan dengan bersih dan jangan sentuh mata atau mulut. Jika kanak-kanak atau haiwan peliharaan menjilat atau memakannya: hubungi pusat racun atau nombor kecemasan.
Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas
Kekal selamat
- Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
- Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
- Jika kamu menyentuh atau memakannya: jangan gosok mata atau mulut, basuh tangan dan dapatkan bantuan perubatan.
Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Racunnya ada hanya supaya tiada apa yang memakannya. Lagi tentang keselamatan
Di mana di dunia?
Berapa besar ia?
Berapa panjang ia?
lebih kurang sepanjang klip kertas
boleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 110 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)Berapa besar Mimic poison frog berbanding KAMU?
Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.
Berapa laju ia?
Fakta
It is the first amphibian shown to be monogamous, meaning a pair stays together.1
After the eggs hatch, the female feeds the tadpoles with unfertilised eggs, which are a source of food.1
It evolved biparental care independently, so both parents look after the young.1
Male frogs attack other males that enter their territory.1
Untuk pakar bisa
- Nama saintifik
- Ranitomeya imitator
- Kumpulan
- Katak beracun, katak puru & newt
- Keluarga
- Dendrobatidae2
- Susunan
- Anura
- Benua-benua
- Amerika Selatan
- Anak
- After mating, the female lays fertilised eggs on a plant, and the male guards them and carries each tadpole to a small pool of water in a plant. One study recorded 1 to 4 tadpoles per mated pair reaching the breeding pool.1
- Bahaya kepada manusia
- 1 / 5: Ringan3
Dari mana fakta datang
- Mimic poison frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ranitomeya imitator (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
- Venom Wiki: tahap bahaya, saiz biasa dan anggaran kelajuan adalah penilaian kami sendiri. Lihat cara kami mengiranya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.
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