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Japanese fire-bellied newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster
Nípa orúkọ náà: Pyrrhogaster comes from Greek words meaning 'fire' and 'belly', which describes its bright red underside.1
Ó nílò dókítàMá ṣe fọwọ́ kàn ánKì í sábà pani, ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹnìkan bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́, lọ rí dókítà.
Àkèré onímájèlé, ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ àti newt Májèlé nínú awọ rẹ̀Oúnjẹ rẹ̀: ẸranOnímájèlé, kì í ṣe olóró
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anBí ẹnìkan bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́, lọ rí dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

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

Onímájèlé tàbí olóró? Àwọn ẹranko olóró máa ń fi oró sínú ara nípa ìbùjẹ tàbí ìtani. Àwọn ẹranko onímájèlé léwu láti fọwọ́ kàn tàbí láti jẹ. Onímájèlé ni èyí.
Ó ń gbé ní
Endemic to Japan, found on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu and other Japanese islands1
Éṣíà
Ilé
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
Gígùn
8 cm sí 15 cm (3.1 in sí 5.9 in)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
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
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Japanese fire-bellied newt
Japanese fire-bellied newt. Fọ́tò: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: 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

Agbára májèlé

Májèlé nínú awọ rẹ̀

Awọ rẹ̀ ní májèlé. Ó léwu láti fọwọ́ kàn án, lá a tàbí jẹ ẹ́.

Kí ni májèlé rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

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

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anBí ẹnìkan bá fọwọ́ kàn án tàbí jẹ ẹ́, lọ rí dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

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

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?

Japanese fire-bellied newt gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 15 cm (5.9 in)Fóònù alágbèéká nǹkan bí 15 cm (5.9 in)Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ kan nǹkan bí 18 cm (7.1 in)
ó gùn tó bíríkì ìṣeré 5 tí a tò sí ìlà kan

Báwo ni Japanese fire-bellied newt 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?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Cynops pyrrhogaster
Ẹgbẹ́
Àkèré onímájèlé, ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ àti newt
Ìdílé
Salamandridae2
Ètò
Caudata
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Éṣíà
Àwọn ọmọ
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
Ọjọ́ ayé
nǹkan bí ọdún 231
Ewu fún ènìyàn
3 / 5: Ó le gan-an3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Japanese fire-bellied newt (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Cynops pyrrhogaster (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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