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Baron's mantella

Mantella baroni
Kuhusu jina: It is named after Richard Baron, an English botanist and missionary to Madagascar who collected and studied the species.1
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji Sumu ndani ya ngoziHula: WaduduSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumu
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Baron's mantella is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives only on the island of Madagascar. Its skin contains toxic chemicals that make it harmful to predators, and its bright colours warn them to stay away.1

Anadunga sumu au ana sumu ya kugusa? Wanyama wanaodunga sumu huingiza sumu kwa kuuma au kudunga. Wanyama wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula hudhuru wakiguswa au kuliwa. Huyu ni wa aina ya pili.
Anaishi
Madagascar only. East-Central Madagascar, inland from the east coast, from Fierenana south to Andringitra.1
Afrika
Nyumbani
Lives in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist montane forest, rivers and degraded former forest. It usually lives at 600 to 1200 metres above sea level.1
Urefu
2.4 cm hadi 3.2 cm (0.9 in hadi 1.3 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.5 kwa saa (maili 2.2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It is a very active forager that mainly eats ants. It also eats beetles, spiders and mites, and it eats more large arthropods than any other Mantella species.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Baron's mantella
Baron's mantella. Picha: Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Has a light line above the eyes, called a rostral line.1
  • Hind limbs are orange with irregular black stripes, giving a tiger-like pattern.1
  • Front limbs range from light green to bright orange or yellow, with a large rounded flank blotch.1
  • Adults are 2.4 to 3.2 cm long, and females are slightly larger than males.1
  • Males call during the day, and it is an active hunter in daylight.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is often confused with the painted mantella (Mantella madagascariensis), which has a similar look. The painted mantella has a sky-blue, horseshoe-shaped marking on its throat. Baron's mantella does not have the flashmarks on its lower hind limbs.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Sumu ndani ya ngozi

Ngozi yake ina sumu. Ni hatari kumgusa, kumramba au kumla.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

It does not inject venom. Its skin contains alkaloids, which are toxic chemicals it gets from eating mites. These make it harmful to predators that eat it, and they can cause sickness. The strength of the toxin varies over time and by location, and frogs in remote populations may be more potent.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Its toxicity can vary, and careless handling is discouraged.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Its bright colours warn predators that eating it could be dangerous and cause sickness.1

Mtu akimgusa au kumla

  • Mtu akimgusa: nawa mikono vizuri na usiguse macho wala mdomo. Mtoto au mnyama kipenzi akimramba au kumla: piga kituo cha taarifa za sumu au namba ya dharura.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Ukimgusa au kumla: usisugue macho wala mdomo, nawa mikono na utafute msaada wa kitabibu.

Hakuwindi wewe. Sumu yake ipo tu ili asiliwe na yeyote. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Baron's mantella urefu wa takriban 3.2 cm (1.3 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasiangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 100 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Baron's mantella ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Its toxicity comes from the mites it eats, so its poison depends on its diet.1

2

Mantella frogs look like poison dart frogs from Latin America, but they are only distant relatives. The likeness is an example of convergent evolution.1

3

Unlike most frogs, which are active at night, it hunts during the day.1

4

Its bright colours and its toxins are a warning system, a pattern called aposematism.1

5

Its family arrived on Madagascar an estimated 76 to 87 million years ago.1

6

It is one of the largest species in the Mantella genus, with only some Mantella viridis individuals reaching a similar size.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Baron's mantella is the same as the painted mantella, and is sometimes called a painted mantella.

Ukweli: The two are distinct species. They look alike, but the painted mantella has a sky-blue throat marking that Baron's mantella lacks.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Mantella baroni
Kundi
Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji
Familia
Mantellidae2
Mpangilio
Anura
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
Females can lay up to 130 eggs in a single clutch, usually near water. Rain washes the tadpoles into the water.1
Hali yake porini
Least Concern (IUCN, 2016). It appears in CITES Appendix II.1
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Mantella baroni (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Mantella baroni (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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