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Anthony's poison arrow frog

Epipedobates anthonyi

名字的由來： The specific name anthonyi honours American mammalogist Harold Elmer Anthony (1890–1970), who was Curator of Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History.1

只是會痛不要碰會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

箭毒蛙、蟾蜍和蠑螈

皮膚裡有毒有毒（碰或吃會中毒），不是有毒液

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

Anthony's poison arrow frog is a small, brightly marked frog that lives on the forest floor in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It is poisonous rather than venomous: its skin carries a very strong toxin, so it should never be touched or handled. Scientists have used a chemical from this frog to study the nervous system.1

有毒還是有毒液？有毒液的動物會用咬或螫把毒液注入身體。有毒的動物則是碰到或吃下去會有害。這種動物是有毒的（碰或吃會中毒）。

分布在

Southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru, at 153 to 1,769 m above sea level1

南美洲

首頁

It lives in the leaf litter on the floor of tropical dry forests, especially near streams. It has also been found in modified habitats such as near roads and on banana and cacao farms.1

長度

1,9 cm 到 2,6 cm (0,7 in 到 1 in)1

最高速度

大約 3,4 km/h（2,1 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Anthony's poison arrow frog 的照片 — Anthony's poison arrow frog。照片：H. Krisp。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Small, about 1.9 to 2.6 cm from snout to vent1
Upper body is usually dark red or brown1
Several yellowish-white oblique stripes and a central stripe running along the back1
Short, robust hind legs1
Active during the day and lives on the ground1

毒素力量

皮膚裡有毒

牠的皮膚有毒。碰、舔或吃牠都很危險。

牠的毒素有什麼作用？

This frog is poisonous, not venomous. Its skin contains epibatidine, an extremely toxic substance similar to nicotine, which acts on the nerves. It is not used in medicine because it is too toxic for human use, and it is now used only for research.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The frog's skin toxin is described as extremely toxic. Contact with the skin is the main concern, and the frog should not be handled.1

如果有人碰了或吃了牠

如果有人碰了牠：把手徹底洗乾淨，不要碰眼睛或嘴巴。如果小孩或寵物舔了或吃了牠：打給毒物諮詢中心或打緊急電話。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果你碰了或吃了牠：不要揉眼睛或摸嘴巴，把手洗乾淨，並且就醫。

牠不是想來抓你。牠的毒只是為了不讓別的動物吃掉牠。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長可以在 110 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Anthony's poison arrow frog 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Anthony's poison arrow frog 大約 3,4 km/h (2,1 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Epibatidine, one of the most toxic substances found in this frog, was first derived from it and named after it.1

The toxin appears to come from the frog's diet, because frogs raised in captivity had none.1

The male, not the female, carries the tadpoles on his back to water.1

Frogs collected from different habitats had different levels of toxin.1

給毒液專家

學名: Epipedobates anthonyi
類群: 箭毒蛙、蟾蜍和蠑螈
家人: Dendrobatidae2
排序: Anura
各大洲: 南美洲
寶寶: The female lays a clutch of 15 to 40 eggs on the ground among leaf litter. The male guards the eggs until they hatch in about two weeks, then carries the tadpoles on his back to a suitable water body, where they develop into frogs in about sixty days.1
牠在野外的狀況: Near Threatened (IUCN and Peru); Least Concern in Ecuador1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3