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Splash-backed poison frog

Adelphobates galactonotus

只是會痛不要碰會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

皮膚裡有毒有毒（碰或吃會中毒），不是有毒液

The splash-backed poison frog is a fairly large, brightly coloured frog from the rainforests of the southern Amazon Basin in Brazil. It is poisonous, not venomous, which means its skin is harmful to touch or eat rather than injecting venom with a bite. Its colours vary a great deal, which has made it an interesting case for scientists studying bright colours in poisonous frogs.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

Southern Amazon Basin in Brazil, where it is endemic (found nowhere else)1

南美洲

首頁

It lives in tropical moist lowland forests, where it has been seen up to 600 metres above sea level. It seems to prefer forests with large numbers of Brazil nut trees. Eggs are laid on the ground.1

長度

4,2 cm (1,7 in)1

最高速度

大約 3,7 km/h（2,3 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Splash-backed poison frog 的照片 — Splash-backed poison frog。照片：unknown。 CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

The best-known form is black below and yellow, orange or red above.1
Its colour is very variable. Some have whitish-mint or light blue upperparts, and some have a mottled or spotted pattern on top.1
Some individuals are almost all whitish, yellow-orange or black. Captive keepers call the whitish ones 'moonshine'.1
A relatively large poison dart frog, with a snout-vent length of up to 42 mm.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。

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？

比你的小指頭還短可以在 97 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Splash-backed 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)

Splash-backed 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

Bright colour in poisonous frogs is often thought to warn predators away, but studies of this frog suggest the colour may matter more for recognising each other and for choosing mates.1

Adults carry their tadpoles to water, and scientists believe Brazil nut husks may be among the places they use.1

Its colours vary so much that some forms were once thought to be separate species, but genetic tests found almost no difference between them.1

The two most different-looking colour forms have largely the same poison profile.1

It is relatively common and regularly bred in captivity, but wild populations are still at risk from illegal collection.1

破解迷思

迷思： Bright colours on a poisonous frog always warn predators that it will poison them if they try to eat it.

真相： That is a longstanding interpretation, but studies of this frog suggest its colour may have more to do with recognising others of its kind and sexual selection than with deterring predators.1

給毒液專家

學名: Adelphobates galactonotus
類群: 箭毒蛙、蟾蜍和蠑螈
家人: Dendrobatidae2
排序: Anura
各大洲: 南美洲
寶寶: Eggs are laid on the ground. After they hatch, the adults carry the tadpoles to water, possibly including water collected in Brazil nut husks.1
牠在野外的狀況: Least Concern1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3