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Japanese fire-bellied newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster
Kuhusu jina: Pyrrhogaster comes from Greek words meaning 'fire' and 'belly', which describes its bright red underside.1
Anahitaji daktariUsiguseMara chache huua, lakini mtu akimgusa au kumla, aende kwa daktari.
Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji Sumu ndani ya ngoziHula: NyamaSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumu
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMtu akimgusa au kumla, aende kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The Japanese fire-bellied newt is a small amphibian with a dark back and a bright red belly. It lives only in Japan, in ponds, streams, forests and grasslands. Its body contains a strong poison that helps protect it from 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
Endemic to Japan, found on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu and other Japanese islands1
Asia
Nyumbani
It lives in forests, grasslands, shrublands, wetlands, lakes, marshes and cultivated land, at heights from 30 to 2,020 m. It also lives in human-made water such as paddy fields and aquaculture ponds, where people may see it.1
Urefu
8 cm hadi 15 cm (3.1 in hadi 5.9 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.5 kwa saa (maili 0.31 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
Juveniles eat soil-dwelling springtails and mites. Adults eat many kinds of insects, including dragonfly and damselfly larvae, flies, bees, wasps, ants and beetles, as well as frog tadpoles and the eggs of their own kind. Some adults also eat carrion.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Japanese fire-bellied newt
Japanese fire-bellied newt. Picha: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • The skin on its upper body is dark brown, approaching black, and covered in wartlike bumps.1
  • The underbelly and underside of the tail are bright red with black spots.1
  • Young juveniles have creamy coloured bellies instead of red, though most larger juveniles show some red.1
  • Males have flatter, wider tails and more red on the belly than females.1
  • Adults are 8 to 15 cm long.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: The German zoologist Heinrich Boie, who first described it in 1826, said he would have mistaken it for the smooth newt if he had not known it came from Japan.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Sumu ndani ya ngozi

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

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The newt is not venomous: it does not bite or sting with venom. Its body contains high levels of tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin, which is a poison that attacks the nerves. The newt gets most of this poison from its diet.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaMtu akimgusa au kumla, aende kwa daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Newts on smaller islands use the unken reflex, where they expose their bright red belly to startle or deter a predator. Newts on the mainland use different antipredator behaviour.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?

Japanese fire-bellied newt urefu wa takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)
urefu sawa na matofali 5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari

Japanese fire-bellied newt ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

The newt's body contains tetrodotoxin, a poison that it mostly takes in from the food it eats.1

2

Newts can regrow missing body parts, and this ability has been studied by scientists.1

3

Wild individuals as old as 23 years have been found.1

4

Males and females both produce peptide pheromones, chemical signals that attract the opposite sex when they are ready to mate.1

5

The larvae hatch as swimming, gilled young and lose their gills and fins at five to six months, when they become juveniles that live on land.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Cynops pyrrhogaster
Kundi
Vyura wa sumu, chura na mijusi-maji
Familia
Salamandridae2
Mpangilio
Caudata
Mabara
Asia
Watoto
Females lay eggs one at a time on underwater objects such as leaves and submerged roots. They can lay up to 40 eggs in one session and 100 to 400 in a breeding season. The eggs hatch after about three weeks.1
Muda wa maisha
takriban miaka 231
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Japanese fire-bellied newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Cynops pyrrhogaster (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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