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Phantasmal poison frog

Epipedobates tricolor

Davart il num: The name 'phantasmal' refers to the frog's ghostly-looking patterns of stripes and blotches, and 'poison-arrow' or 'poison dart' refers to the poison in its skin.1

Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua

Tissi en sia pelMangia: InsectsTossic, betg tissientà

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

The phantasmal poison frog is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives only in a few places in central Ecuador. Its skin produces one of the most powerful natural poisons known, which scientists are studying for medicine. It is a rare animal, and its numbers are falling.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

Central Ecuador, on the Andean slopes of Bolívar Province1

America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

It lives in the leaf litter on the forest floor, especially near streams and in inland wetlands. It is also found in banana and cacao plantations and in pastures near streams.1

Lunghezza

2,3 cm (0,9 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It eats insects, including ants, termites and beetles, in its Andean habitat.1

Foto da Phantasmal poison frog — Phantasmal poison frog. Foto: Ruben Undheim. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Body colour ranges from dark brown to dark red or black.1
Has two or three bright orange, bright yellow or light green stripes running along the back, from the head to the rear. The stripes can be straight or flame-shaped.1
Blotches or spots on the limbs and parts of the back match the colour of the stripes.1
Has distinct red or orange markings on the hind areas.1
Small, at about 2.3 cm from snout to vent (the base of the body).1

Savens confundì cun: It is often confused with Epipedobates anthonyi, which has similar colours and calls. The first finger of E. anthonyi is longer than its second finger, while this frog's is not. E. anthonyi is also brick red to bright red, with cream or light-yellow stripes running from the head to the hips.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?

This frog is poisonous rather than venomous, so it does not inject venom. It makes epibatidine, a toxin that its skin glands release as a defence against predators. Epibatidine is studied for its medical value as a painkiller and opioid blocker. Scientists have found it to be hundreds of times stronger than morphine.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

It is one of the most poisonous animals on the planet. One of the substances in its skin is a painkiller hundreds of times stronger than morphine. Its poison is in its skin, so it is harmful to touch or eat.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Its bright colours warn predators that it is highly toxic, and it releases poison from its skin glands.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

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiripudess currer 100 meters en 110 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Phantasmal poison frog circa 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Its poison, epibatidine, is over two hundred times as powerful as morphine, according to one study.1

Males are very territorial. They first call to warn off intruders, and if that fails they chase and fight them.1

Males compete for the best perch, forming a hierarchy of dominance.1

The frog is active during the day, though males call most often in the morning.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: That it is the same species as Epipedobates anthonyi.

Vardad: It is a separate species. The two were only formally distinguished in a 2004 study, though they look and sound alike.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Epipedobates tricolor
Gruppa: Raunas tossicas, rospis e salamandras d'aua
Famiglia: Dendrobatidae2
Urden: Anura
Continents: America dal Sid
Poppins: Eggs are laid in leaf litter, with clutches of around 10 eggs. The males guard the eggs and later carry the tadpoles on their backs to water, where they can develop safely.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira: Vulnerable1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Phantasmal poison frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Epipedobates tricolor (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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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