Kokoe poison frog
Strup v kožiJe: ŽuželkeStrupena za dotik ali zaužitje, ne ob ugrizu ali pikuThe Kokoe poison frog is a small, brightly striped frog that lives on the forest floor of western Colombia. It is one of the most poisonous frogs in the world. Its skin holds a toxin that can be deadly, so it should never be handled.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Black back, sometimes with orange patches.1
- Green, yellow, orange or brownish gold stripes along each side of the body.1
- Black belly with blue or green dots.1
- The smallest of the poison dart frogs in its genus, Phyllobates.1
- Two forms exist: a smaller form with large stripes and a larger form with small stripes.1
Moč strupa
Njena koža je strupena. Nevarno se je je dotakniti, jo polizati ali pojesti.
Kaj naredi njen strup, če se je dotakneš ali jo poješ?
This frog is poisonous rather than venomous, because its toxin is held in its skin and does not come from a bite or sting. The toxin, batrachotoxin, is a steroidal alkaloid. It keeps the sodium channels in nerve and muscle cells permanently open, which stops the cells from resetting. The result is paralysis, and often death, as affected muscles stay locked in a contracted state.1
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: Zelo nevarnaČloveka, ki ne dobi zdravljenja, lahko ubije.Wild frogs are extremely deadly to humans, and the toxin can be fatal in doses as small as 100 μg. Frogs raised in captivity are generally non-toxic.1
Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?
It releases its toxin from skin glands only when under stress.1
Če se je je kdo dotaknil ali jo pojedel
- Če se je je kdo dotaknil: dobro umij roke in se ne dotikaj oči ali ust. Če jo je otrok ali hišni ljubljenček polizal ali pojedel: pokliči center za zastrupitve ali številko za klic v sili.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če si se je dotaknil ali jo pojedel: ne drgni si oči ali ust, umij si roke in poišči zdravniško pomoč.
Ne preži nate. Njen strup je tam samo zato, da je nihče ne poje. Več o varnosti
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
približno tako dolga kot sponka za papir
zmore 100 metrov v 100 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je Kokoe poison frog v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
It is known as the third most poisonous frog in the world.1
Indigenous peoples of Colombia have used its poison on hunting darts.1
Unlike many other dart frogs, males do not wrestle. Rivals face off and call loudly until one backs down.1
Its mating calls are a loud, bird-like whirring twitter, which can last up to 45 seconds.1
Unlike other Phyllobates species, it does not breed in coconut shells. It lays its eggs in narrow tubes on the ground instead.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: All poison frogs make their own poison.
Resnica: These frogs probably do not make batrachotoxin themselves. They take it in from their diet of beetles, millipedes and flies, and from the leaf litter. That is why captive frogs are generally non-toxic.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
- Znanstveno ime
- Phyllobates aurotaenia
- Skupina
- Strupene žabe, krastače in pupki
- Družina
- Dendrobatidae2
- Red
- Anura
- Celine
- Južna Amerika
- Mladiči
- The female lays a clutch of eggs in leaf litter, averaging 15 to 20. After the eggs hatch, the male carries the tadpoles to slow-flowing water.1
- Kako ji gre v naravi
- Least Concern (IUCN), although its numbers and range are declining, mainly due to habitat loss1
- Nevarnost za ljudi
- 4 / 5: Zelo nevarna3
Od kod so dejstva
- Phyllobates aurotaenia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phyllobates aurotaenia (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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