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Giant leaf frog

Phyllomedusa bicolor
Inauma tuUsiguseInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji Sumu ndani ya ngoziSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumu
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The giant leaf frog is a large tree frog with lime green skin and a white or cream belly. It lives in the rainforests of the Amazon basin in South America. Its skin releases chemicals that act as a defence against predators.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
Amazon basin of Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru; Guianas and Venezuela; Cerrado of Maranhão, Brazil1
Amerika Kusini
Nyumbani
It lives in the Amazon rainforest and in gallery forest, where it climbs in trees. Males call from trees in tropical humid forests, and the eggs are laid in leaf-nests above forest pools.1
Urefu
9.1 cm hadi 12 cm (3.6 in hadi 4.7 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5 kwa saa (maili 3.1 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Giant leaf frog
Giant leaf frog. Picha: Jean-Marc Hero. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Lime green back with a white to yellow-white or cream belly1
  • Sparse white spots with dark frames on the lower lips, chest and front legs, denser on the flanks and hind legs1
  • Transparent brown fingers with large green adhesive discs1
  • A prominent gland behind each eye, extending over the eardrum1
  • Dark grey iris1

Nguvu ya sumu

Sumu ndani ya ngozi

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

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The giant leaf frog's skin secretion contains opioid peptides, including deltorphin and dermorphin. Its skin peptides act as a chemical defence against predators. In kambo rituals, where the secretion is used, it induces intense vomiting.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When threatened, its skin produces peptides that act as a chemical defence against predators.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?

Giant leaf frog urefu wa takriban 12 cm (4.7 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
urefu sawa na matofali 4 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 72 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Giant leaf frog 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 skin secretion is known as Vacina do sapo, or frog vaccine, and is used in a ritual called kambo or sapo.1

2

Up to 61% of the eggs of the giant leaf frog are eaten by predators.1

3

Males fight rivals for mating rights by using their heads to separate a rival male from a female, and by pushing with their hind legs.1

4

Males are more likely to be targeted by predators during mating season, because their loud fights can be heard easily.1

5

Eggs are eaten by rove beetles, phorid flies, possibly tufted capuchins and banded cat-eyed snakes, because they are a source of protein.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Phyllomedusa bicolor
Kundi
Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji
Familia
Phyllomedusidae2
Mpangilio
Anura
Mabara
Amerika Kusini
Watoto
The female and male build a leaf-nest above forest pools and lay eggs in a gelatinous mass about 70 cm above the water. The eggs hatch in about 14 days, and the tadpoles fall into the water to develop into adult frogs.1
Hali yake porini
Least Concern1
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Phyllomedusa bicolor (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Phyllomedusa bicolor (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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