Panamanian golden frog
The Panamanian golden frog is a bright yellow-gold toad that lives only in Panama. It sits on the mountain streams and cloud forests of the west-central part of the country. It is a national symbol, and it is also one of the most endangered amphibians in the world.1

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It is poisonous rather than venomous, because its toxins work on contact with the skin and are not injected. The toxin is water-soluble and affects the nerve cells of anyone who touches it. Large doses can be fatal within 20 to 30 minutes, after convulsions that stop breathing and blood circulation.1
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: ResnoČe se je kdo dotakne ali jo poje, naj gre k zdravniku. Smrtni primeri so zelo redki.Its toxin affects the nerve cells of anyone who comes into contact with it, and large doses can be fatal. Because it is critically endangered, the frog should be left alone in the wild.1
Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?
When a predator approaches, it waves and lifts its foot to show its bright colours, which warn of its toxicity. If the predator keeps coming, the waving and calls increase in speed and volume.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.
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Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
Koliko tehta?
dolga kot 2 kock za igranje v vrsti
tako lahka, da je na roki ne bi niti začutil
zmore 100 metrov v 90 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je Panamanian golden 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 able to communicate by waving its feet, a bit like semaphore, as well as by sound.1
It is an 'earless' frog with no eardrums, yet it can still hear sounds and work out where they come from.1
Its toxins are powerful enough that some predators avoid it, though a few snakes can cope with its poison.1
Tadpoles have black and gold colouring, which helps protect them from the sun.1
It was filmed in the wild for the last time in 2006 for the BBC series Life in Cold Blood.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: It is a frog.
Resnica: Despite its common name, it is a true toad, a member of the family Bufonidae.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
- Znanstveno ime
- Atelopus zeteki
- Skupina
- Strupene žabe, krastače in pupki
- Družina
- Bufonidae2
- Red
- Anura
- Celine
- Severna Amerika
- Mladiči
- Eggs are laid in shallow streams and hatch after 2 to 10 days. The tadpoles then take 6 to 7 months to grow.1
- Življenjska doba
- približno 12 let1
- Kako ji gre v naravi
- Critically Endangered (IUCN). It may have been extinct in the wild since 2007.1
- Nevarnost za ljudi
- 3 / 5: Resno3
Od kod so dejstva
- Panamanian golden frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Atelopus zeteki (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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