Climbing mantella
The climbing mantella is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives in the lowland rainforests of northeast Madagascar. It is a poison frog, so its skin holds chemicals that can harm predators. It is special because it is one of the few frogs whose parents care for their tadpoles by feeding them eggs.1

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- Adults are 24–30 mm long and weigh 1.2–2.0 g1
- Front of the back is bright yellow or pale green1
- Arms, legs, belly and rear are black, with blue spots on the limbs1
- Eyes are completely black1
- Has discs at the tips of its fingers and toes, and the toes are webbed1
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: M. betsileo, M. viridis and M. expectata look similar but are differently coloured. They often have blue spots on the throat rather than the limbs, and they have a faint line along the upper lip, which the climbing mantella lacks.1
Agbára májèlé
Awọ rẹ̀ ní májèlé. Ó léwu láti fọwọ́ kàn án, lá a tàbí jẹ ẹ́.
Kí ni májèlé rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?
This frog is poisonous rather than venomous. Its skin glands contain lipophilic alkaloids, the chemicals that make up its poison, which it gets from the arthropods it eats. Researchers have found 41 different potent alkaloids in its skin. Captive frogs lose their toxicity over time.1
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
Its bright colours warn predators that its skin is toxic.1
Bí ẹnìkan bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́
- Bí ẹnìkan bá fọwọ́ kan ọ̀kan: fọ ọwọ́ dáadáa, má sì fọwọ́ kan ojú tàbí ẹnu. Bí ọmọdé tàbí ẹran ọ̀sìn bá lá ọ̀kan tàbí jẹ ẹ́: pe ibùdó ìmọ̀ràn májèlé tàbí nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì.
Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́
Wà láìléwu
- Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
- Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
- Bí o bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́: má ṣe fọwọ́ pa ojú tàbí ẹnu rẹ, fọ ọwọ́ rẹ kí o sì wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn.
Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Májèlé rẹ̀ wà níbẹ̀ kìkì kí ohunkóhun má baà jẹ ẹ́. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu
Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?
Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?
Báwo ló ṣe wúwo tó?
ó gùn tó pínì ìwé (paper clip)
ó fúyẹ́ débi pé o kò ní mọ̀ ọ́n lára lọ́wọ́ rẹ
lè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 100 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)Báwo ni Climbing mantella ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?
Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.
Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?
Òtítọ́
Its tadpoles eat only the eggs of their own species, and the parents feed them unfertilized eggs.1
Males defend territories of about 2 square metres and fight by wrestling, chasing and leaping, sometimes for over 1.5 hours.1
Female frogs choose a mate based on the quality of the male's well, not on his call.1
The climbing mantella is the only member of the Mantella genus that breeds in water-filled wells in trees, tree holes or broken bamboo stalks.1
Its chemical defence has developed in a similar way to that of the dart frogs of Dendrobatidae, although the two families are only distantly related.1
Fún àwọn amòye oró
- Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
- Mantella laevigata
- Ẹgbẹ́
- Àkèré onímájèlé, ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ àti newt
- Ìdílé
- Mantellidae2
- Ètò
- Anura
- Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
- Áfíríkà
- Àwọn ọmọ
- Usually lays only one large egg, 3–3.5 mm across, at the side of a water-filled well or above the water line. The parents feed tadpoles unfertilized eggs.1
- Bí ó ṣe ń ṣe nínú igbó
- Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2016), though its population is suspected to be decreasing1
- Ewu fún ènìyàn
- 1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Climbing mantella (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Mantella laevigata (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
- Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.
Gbogbo òtítọ́ ojú-ìwé yìí ní nọ́ńbà tó tọ́ka sí orísun rẹ̀. Bí a bá ṣe àṣìṣe, má bínú, olólùfẹ́ ẹranko ni wá, kì í ṣe ìwé ìròyìn sáyẹ́ǹsì. Sọ fún wa ní [email protected] a ó sì tún un ṣe.
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