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Dyeing poison dart frog

Dendrobates tinctorius
Ci turam: The specific name tinctorius does not refer to its colours. It comes from legends of some indigenous tribes, who said they used frog poisons to make green parrot feathers grow in different colours.1
Dafay metti rekkBul laalDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Mbott yu am daŋar, crapaud ak triton Daŋar ci deramDafay lekk: GunóorAm daŋar ci yaram, du màtt walla jam
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The dyeing poison dart frog is a small, brightly marked frog from the rainforests of north-eastern South America. It is one of the largest poison dart frogs and one of the most colourful, with more than 30 recognised colour forms. Its skin contains toxins, so it is a frog to admire from a distance.1

Am daŋar ci yaram walla am daŋar (màtt walla jam)? Rab yu am daŋar (màtt walla jam) dañuy sóob seen daŋar ci màtt walla ci jam. Rab yu am daŋar ci yaram dañuy lor ku leen laal walla ku leen lekk. Bii, daŋar ci yaram la am.
Dafay dund ci
Eastern Guiana Shield: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil1
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Kër
It lives in patches of tropical primary rainforest, mostly in hilly or upland areas, at altitudes up to 600 m, though some populations are found at sea level. It is often found in canopy gaps, where trees have fallen, and it uses water-filled spaces on fallen trees for its tadpoles.1
Guddaay
3,5 cm ba 7 cm (1,4 in ba 2,8 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats small arthropods, mainly ants and mites. It mostly stays on the ground, where catching prey is easier, though it sometimes climbs trees.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Dyeing poison dart frog
Dyeing poison dart frog. Foto: Yves Bas. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • The body is mostly black, with an irregular pattern of yellow or whitish stripes along the back, upper flanks and head.1
  • The lower flanks, belly and throat have irregular blue stripes, and the legs are blue with small black specks.1
  • The blue ranges from pale sky blue to royal, cobalt or navy blue, and some colour forms are mostly yellow, mostly blue or mostly whitish.1
  • Adults usually measure around 5 cm from snout to vent. Females have circular toe discs and arched backs, while males are smaller and more slender, with heart-shaped toe discs and curved backs.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Daŋar ci deram

Deram am na daŋar. Musiba la ci laal, mar walla lekk.

Lan la daŋar bi ci yaramam di def?

Its skin secretions contain alkaloids, which are toxic chemicals that interfere with nerve and muscle tissue. They can cause pain, cramping and stiffness, and in severe cases locomotor difficulties, convulsions, paralysis or death. In a reported case in Brazil, two men who handled the frog felt numbness within about 20 minutes, and the symptoms had gone after 40 minutes.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The frog is toxic if eaten, and its skin toxins can affect anyone who handles it. In a reported case, two adult male photographers in the Brazilian Amazon both had mild numbness that passed within 40 minutes. Their symptoms could have been worse with longer contact or if there had been a wound where they touched the frog.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

Its bright colours warn predators that its skin secretions are unpleasant, and predators that bite it tend to link the colours with the pain.1

Su kenn laalee ko walla mu lekk ko

  • Su kenn laalee benn: raxas loxo yi bu baax te bul laal bët yi walla gémmiñ gi. Su ab xale walla ab mala bu kër maree benn walla mu lekk benn: woo sa centre antipoison walla sa nimerob urgence.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su nga ko laalee walla nga lekk ko: bul moos say bët walla sa gémmiñ, raxas say loxo te wutal ndimbal doktoor.

Du la wut. Daŋaram nekk na rekk ngir kenn bañ ko lekk. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Dyeing poison dart frog guddaayam lu tollu ci 7 cm (2,8 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na ni 2 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 92 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Dyeing poison dart frog ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

It does not make its own poison. It gets the alkaloids from the ants and mites it eats.1

2

More than 30 colour forms, or morphs, have been recognised, and most are tied to a particular place.1

3

It is among the largest and most variably coloured of all poison dart frogs.1

4

Despite the huge variation in colour, the genetic differences between its populations are very small.1

5

It often lives in canopy gaps in the Amazon rainforest, where fallen trees hold water for its tadpoles.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The name tinctorius refers to the frog's many colours.

Dëgg: The name comes from legends of indigenous tribes who said they used frog poisons to make green parrot feathers change colour.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Dendrobates tinctorius
Mbooloo
Mbott yu am daŋar, crapaud ak triton
Njaboot
Dendrobatidae2
Toftal
Anura
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-saalum
Liir yi
Tadpoles develop in water held in fallen trees.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Dyeing poison dart frog (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendrobates tinctorius (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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