Venom Wiki
Dissegn da Bruno's casque-headed frog
Nr. 1353 da 1 402

Bruno's casque-headed frog

Nyctimantis brunoi
Davart il num: The name brunoi honours Dr Bruno Lobo, a professor and director of the National Museum of Brazil.1
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma sche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi.
Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua Spinas tissientadasTossic, betg tissientà
Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Bruno's casque-headed frog is a tree frog with sharp, pointed bumps on its head. It lives in forests on the coast of southeastern Brazil. It is special because it can inject venom using spines on its skull, which is unusual among frogs.1

Tossic u tissientà? Animals tissientads injecteschan tissi cun ina morsa u ina piztgada. Animals tossics èn nuschaivels, sch'ins als tutga u als mangia. Quest qua è tossic.
Viva en
Coastal southeastern Brazil, from the state of Bahia south to the northern part of São Paulo state1
America dal Sid
Pagina iniziala
It lives in forests and forest edges. By day it hides in water-filled hollows in trees or bamboo, and in the water-filled centres of bromeliad plants. It can climb to about 500 m above sea level.1
Lunghezza
4,9 cm fin 8,1 cm (1,9 in fin 3,2 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4,4 km/h (2,7 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Bruno's casque-headed frog
Bruno's casque-headed frog. Foto: Renato Augusto Martins. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Broad, flattened head with a long, pointed snout1
  • Sharp, pointed projections on the head, with the skin fused to the skull1
  • Pale brown or grey back with irregular dark markings1
  • Long, slender legs with adhesive discs at the tips of the toes1
  • Males are 4.9 to 6.2 cm long and females are 5.6 to 8.1 cm long, measured snout to vent1

Forza dal tissi

Spinas tissientadas

Spinas pizzadas portan il tissi. Sch'ins passa sin el u al piglia, fa quai mal.

Tge fa ses tissi?

This frog injects venom through the sharp spines on its skull, which it uses by headbutting. Unlike poison dart frogs, which only release poison from their skin, it delivers venom directly into the target. The venom is estimated to be about 25 times as toxic as that of the local fer-de-lance pit viper.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravSche sias spinas ta furan, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Its venom is estimated to be about 25 times as toxic as that of the local fer-de-lance pit viper. It can inject venom into a person's hand when it headbutts.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It headbutts with its skull spines, which can inject venom into an animal or a person's hand.1

Sche sias spinas ta furan

  • Sch'insatgi ha tutgà in tal animal: lava bain ils mauns e na tutga betg ils egls u la bucca. Sch'in uffant u in animal da chasa ha litgà u mangià in tal animal: clama il center toxicologic u tes numer d'urgenza.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sche sias spinas ta furan: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Bruno's casque-headed frog circa 8,1 cm lung (3,2 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
uschè lung sco 2,5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 82 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Bruno's casque-headed frog cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is one of the few frogs known to use skull spines to inject venom by headbutting, a tactic it shares with Corythomantis greeningi.1

2

It hides in a crevice that is exactly the right size, then uses its head to seal the entrance.1

3

Unlike poison dart frogs, it delivers venom through spines in its skull rather than releasing poison from its skin.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Nyctimantis brunoi
Gruppa
Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua
Famiglia
Hylidae2
Urden
Anura
Continents
America dal Sid
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Bruno's casque-headed frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Nyctimantis brunoi (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

Mintga fatg sin questa pagina ha in numer che renvia a sia funtauna. Sche nus avain fatg in sbagl, perstgisa, nus essan fans d'animals, betg ina revista scientifica. Scriva a nus a [email protected] e nus curregin.

Il scorpiun ha fom! Venom Wiki è in project d'ina suletta persuna: gratuit, senza reclama e senza trackers. In pitschen bunamaun gida a tegnair el online.Pavlar il scorpiun

Dapli da la medema gruppa: Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua

Viva era en: America dal Sid

Pavlar il scorpiuncassetta da bunamaun, tegna la pagina gratuita