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Giant leaf frog

Phyllomedusa bicolor
Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua Tissi en sia pelTossic, betg tissientà
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The giant leaf frog is a large tree frog with lime green skin and a white or cream belly. It lives in the rainforests of the Amazon basin in South America. Its skin releases chemicals that act as a defence against predators.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
Amazon basin of Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru; Guianas and Venezuela; Cerrado of Maranhão, Brazil1
America dal Sid
Pagina iniziala
It lives in the Amazon rainforest and in gallery forest, where it climbs in trees. Males call from trees in tropical humid forests, and the eggs are laid in leaf-nests above forest pools.1
Lunghezza
9,1 cm fin 12 cm (3,6 in fin 4,7 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Giant leaf frog
Giant leaf frog. Foto: Jean-Marc Hero. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Lime green back with a white to yellow-white or cream belly1
  • Sparse white spots with dark frames on the lower lips, chest and front legs, denser on the flanks and hind legs1
  • Transparent brown fingers with large green adhesive discs1
  • A prominent gland behind each eye, extending over the eardrum1
  • Dark grey iris1

Forza tossica

Tissi en sia pel

Sia pel è tossica. Igl è privlus d'al tutgar, d'al litgar u d'al mangiar.

Tge fa sia substanza tossica?

The giant leaf frog's skin secretion contains opioid peptides, including deltorphin and dermorphin. Its skin peptides act as a chemical defence against predators. In kambo rituals, where the secretion is used, it induces intense vomiting.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, its skin produces peptides that act as a chemical defence against predators.1

Sch'insatgi l'ha tutgà u mangià

  • 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 ti l'has tutgà u mangià: na sfruscha betg ils egls u la bucca, lava ils mauns e tschertga agid medicinal.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. Ses tissi è mo là, per che nagin na al mangia. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Giant leaf frog circa 12 cm lung (4,7 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
uschè lung sco 4 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 72 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Giant leaf frog cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Its skin secretion is known as Vacina do sapo, or frog vaccine, and is used in a ritual called kambo or sapo.1

2

Up to 61% of the eggs of the giant leaf frog are eaten by predators.1

3

Males fight rivals for mating rights by using their heads to separate a rival male from a female, and by pushing with their hind legs.1

4

Males are more likely to be targeted by predators during mating season, because their loud fights can be heard easily.1

5

Eggs are eaten by rove beetles, phorid flies, possibly tufted capuchins and banded cat-eyed snakes, because they are a source of protein.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Phyllomedusa bicolor
Gruppa
Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua
Famiglia
Phyllomedusidae2
Urden
Anura
Continents
America dal Sid
Poppins
The female and male build a leaf-nest above forest pools and lay eggs in a gelatinous mass about 70 cm above the water. The eggs hatch in about 14 days, and the tadpoles fall into the water to develop into adult frogs.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Least Concern1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Phyllomedusa bicolor (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Phyllomedusa bicolor (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.

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