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Little devil poison frog

Oophaga sylvatica

名字的由來： Its common name 'little devil' comes from its Spanish name, 'diablito', which means little devil.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

皮膚裡有毒吃：昆蟲有毒（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。

The little devil poison frog is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives in the rainforests of Colombia and Ecuador. It is common in parts of Colombia, but it has disappeared from much of its range in Ecuador. Its bright colours warn predators that its skin is toxic.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 Colombia and Northwestern Ecuador, including the provinces of Esmeraldas, Pichincha, Imbabura, Cotopaxi, Manabi, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas and Los Rios1

南美洲

首頁

It lives in humid lowland and foothill rainforest, usually on the forest floor, and it can be found up to about 1000 metres above sea level. It lives near rivers, streams and in the interior of the forest, and it can survive in some degraded areas such as plantations, as long as they are humid.1

長度

2,6 cm 到 3,8 cm (1 in 到 1,5 in)1

最高速度

大約 3,7 km/h（2,3 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats small animals from the leaf litter on the forest floor, mainly ants, which can make up 40% to 86% of its diet. It also eats mites, springtails and insect larvae in smaller amounts.1

Little devil poison frog 的照片 — Little devil poison frog。照片：Juan C. Santos (University of Texas, Austin)。 CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Small, about 2.6 to 3.8 cm from snout to vent.1
Bright colours in shades of orange, red or yellow, with black patterns. Several colour forms exist, including red, yellow and orange.1
Smooth skin, with no webbing between the toes.1
Active during the day, and males call loudly from raised perches.1

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 rather than venomous. Its skin contains toxic alkaloids, which it gets from the ants and mites it eats and then stores in its skin. These toxins act as a defence against predators.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。

牠害怕時會做什麼？

Its bright, warning colours tell predators that its skin is unpalatable, and it is toxic if attacked.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 97 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Little devil poison 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)

Little devil poison frog 大約 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its toxins come from its diet, so a frog living in cleared pastureland has fewer toxins than one living in rainforest, because it eats fewer kinds of ants, mites and termites.1

Females have much larger home ranges than males and can climb up to 10 metres, while males can only climb up to 2 metres.1

Because it lays its eggs on land, it lays fewer and larger eggs than frogs that lay their eggs in water, so each egg has more resources to survive.1

Its bright colours are a warning, which is called aposematic coloration.1

給毒液專家

學名: Oophaga sylvatica
類群: 箭毒蛙、蟾蜍和蠑螈
家人: Dendrobatidae2
排序: Anura
各大洲: 南美洲
寶寶: Males fertilise the eggs outside the body. The female lays 4 to 20 eggs in or near shallow pools on land, and the parents care for the eggs and tadpoles.1
牠在野外的狀況: Near Threatened1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3