Pumpkin toadlet
Chepfu muganda rayoInodya: NyamaIne chepfu, haina uturu hwekuruma kana kubayaThe pumpkin toadlet is a tiny, brightly coloured frog that lives in the leaf litter of the Atlantic rainforests of southeastern Brazil. Adults are bright yellow-orange, a warning sign that their skin and body carry a strong toxin. Scientists have found that the head and back of this frog glow under ultraviolet light.1

Maziviro ayo
- Adults are bright yellow-orange.1
- Newly hatched young are brown and well camouflaged.1
- It is very small, with adults measuring 12.5 to 19.7 mm from snout to vent.1
- Females tend to be larger than males.1
Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: It is closely related to the red pumpkin toadlet (B. pitanga), which also glows under ultraviolet light and shares its inability to hear its own call.1
Simba rechepfu
Ganda rayo rine chepfu. Ine ngozi kubata, kunanzva kana kudya.
Chepfu yayo inoitei?
This frog is poisonous rather than venomous, so it does not inject venom. Its main toxin is 11-oxotetrodotoxin, which is extremely rare in animals, even marine ones, and is four to five times more potent than tetrodotoxin. The toxins are found in the skin and ovaries but are mostly concentrated in the liver.1
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.Inoitei kana yatya?
Its bright yellow-orange colour is a warning display (aposematism) that tells predators it is toxic.1
Kana munhu akaibata kana kuidya
- Kana munhu akabata imwe: geza maoko zvakanaka uye usabata maziso kana muromo. Kana mwana kana chipfuwo chakananzva kana kudya imwe: fonera nzvimbo yeruzivo rwechepfu kana nhamba yechimbichimbi.
Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga
Gara wakachengeteka
- Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
- Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
- Kana wakaibata kana kuidya: usakwesha maziso kana muromo wako, geza maoko ako uye wana rubatsiro rwechiremba.
Haisi kukutsvaga. Chepfu yayo iripo chete kuti pasava nechinhu chinoidya. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka
Yakakura sei?
Yakareba zvakadii?
ipfupi kupfuura munwe wako mudiki
inogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 180 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)Pumpkin toadlet yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.
Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
In 2019, scientists found that the head and back of this frog glow under ultraviolet light because of fluorescent skeletons. Young frogs that have gained adult colours still do not glow.1
Adults cannot hear the frequency of their own calls because their ears are underdeveloped. They communicate with movements such as inflating the vocal sac, gaping the mouth and waving their arms.1
Its main toxin, 11-oxotetrodotoxin, is extremely rare in animals, even in marine species.1
Its young hatch directly into tiny toadlets, skipping the tadpole stage.1
It is among the largest frogs in its genus, Brachycephalus.1
Kuputsa ngano
Ngano: Its glow under ultraviolet light is a warning signal to predators.
Chokwadi: Studies suggest this is unlikely. Predators attack the frogs at the same rate whether or not they glow.1
Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu
- Zita resainzi
- Brachycephalus ephippium
- Boka
- Matatya ane chepfu, matoad nemanewt
- Mhuri
- Brachycephalidae2
- Odha
- Anura
- Makondinendi
- Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
- Vacheche
- It breeds by direct development. The female lays a few eggs on land, which hatch into young toadlets with no tadpole stage.1
- Iri kurarama sei musango
- Not considered threatened1
- Ngozi kuvanhu
- 2 / 5: Inorwadza3
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Pumpkin toadlet (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Brachycephalus ephippium (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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