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Harlequin poison frog

Oophaga histrionica
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma sch'insatgi al tutga u al mangia, va tar in medi.
Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua Tissi en sia pelMangia: InsectsTossic, betg tissientà
Privel per umans: GravSch'insatgi al tutga u al mangia, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The harlequin poison frog is a small, brightly marked frog that lives on the forest floor of western Colombia. Its skin carries strong toxins, so it is one of the poison dart frogs that should never be handled. It is now critically endangered because its rainforest home is being destroyed.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
Chocó region of western Colombia1
America dal Sid
Pagina iniziala
It lives on the ground in tropical rainforests, among fallen branches and leaf litter, usually between 300 and 700 metres above sea level. Wild-caught frogs are also sold in the international pet trade.1
Lunghezza
3,5 cm (1,4 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
Adults feed on ants and mites on the ground after sunrise, and they stop feeding by 16:00.1
Propi!Foto da Harlequin poison frog
Harlequin poison frog. Foto: desertnaturalist. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Background colour ranges from light to dark brown.1
  • Usually has a vivid, bright spot on its back.1
  • Small, with an average snout-to-vent length of about 3.3 cm.1
  • Active on the forest floor, feeding on the ground after sunrise and hiding under leaf litter or on fallen logs by 16:00.1

Savens confundì cun: Some frogs that were once classed as this species were separated into new species in 2018: Oophaga anchicayensis, Oophaga andresi and Oophaga solanensis.1

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 frog produces histrionicotoxins, which are cardiotoxins, meaning they affect the heart. These compounds act as potent blockers of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, the sites that receive nerve signals at muscle and nerve junctions. They also affect sodium and potassium channels, though much less strongly.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravSch'insatgi al tutga u al mangia, va tar in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The frog's toxins can be dangerous. Wild-caught frogs may be toxic and dangerous to handle, and they often have a much higher fatality rate in captivity.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?

Harlequin poison frog circa 3,5 cm lung (1,4 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiripudess currer 100 meters en 97 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Harlequin poison frog cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

The tadpoles cannot feed on their own. They are obligate egg-feeders and will starve without the unfertilised eggs their mother provides.1

2

A parent carries the tadpoles to tiny water pools, often found in the axil of a bromeliad plant, where they develop.1

3

Histrionicotoxins are hard to make in a lab. Synthesising them has been the subject of many different attempts.1

4

Harlequin poison frogs are among the most difficult poison dart frogs to raise in captivity.1

5

Adults are active on the ground during the day and retreat to refuge by mid-afternoon.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Oophaga histrionica
Gruppa
Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua
Famiglia
Dendrobatidae2
Urden
Anura
Continents
America dal Sid
Poppins
The female lays eggs among leaf litter. A parent carries the newly hatched tadpoles to a small water pool, often in a bromeliad, and the mother later lays unfertilised eggs for the tadpoles to eat.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Critically Endangered1
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Harlequin poison frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Oophaga histrionica (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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