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Yellow-bellied toad

Bombina variegata

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

皮膚裡有毒有毒（碰或吃會中毒），不是有毒液

The yellow-bellied toad is a small toad with a bright yellow and black belly that it shows only when it feels threatened. It lives mainly in mountain areas of western Europe. Its skin toxins are not fatal to people, but they can harm smaller animals.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

Mainly western Europe, especially France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, plus a handful of countries in eastern Europe1

歐洲

首頁

Yellow-bellied toads live in mountainous regions and breed in ponds, including shallow pools that can dry up overnight. Their populations have shrunk as their habitats have been disturbed.1

長度

2,8 cm 到 5,6 cm (1,1 in 到 2,2 in)1

體重

2,3 g 到 12 g (0,1 oz 到 0,4 oz)1

最高速度

大約 2 km/h（1,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Yellow-bellied toad 的照片 — Yellow-bellied toad。照片：Rosenzweig。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Grey-brown or dark brown and green upper body, often with faded, bright spots1
Bright yellow to orange patches on the underside, usually covering more than half of the belly1
Underside is grey-blue to black-blue between the yellow patches1
Compact body and a rounded snout1
Heart-shaped pupils, with the eardrums not visible1
Warty skin with raised swirls on the back1

常被誤認為： The European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) is a close relative and lives in the same region. The yellow-bellied toad has a more compact body that is not as flat.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？

The toad has toxins in its skin, released through the warts on its back when it is threatened. The toxin is not fatal to humans, but it can cause significant discomfort to most animals and is fatal to smaller ones.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

The toxin is not fatal to humans, although it can still cause discomfort to most animals.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

It stays still and camouflaged most of the time, and when threatened it shows its yellow belly, puffs up its chest and releases toxins from its warts.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？

牠有多重？

跟 12 根迴紋針一樣重

比你的小指頭還短輕到放在手上你也感覺不到可以在 180 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Yellow-bellied toad 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)

Yellow-bellied toad 大約 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

When a male is threatened or wants to attract a female, he kicks his hind legs into a small pond to make a wave-like pattern. This marks his territory and only works in ponds of a certain depth.1

They can change the shade of their colour to suit lighter or darker surroundings by moving pigment within their cells.1

Yellow-bellied toads breed in unpredictable places, such as shallow pools that can disappear overnight. Within their family, they are the only species that chooses such sites.1

Their life span ranges from 5 to 23 years, and climate plays a large role in how long an individual lives.1

Males have longer forelimbs than females, which is thought to help them during mating and fights with other males.1

給毒液專家

學名: Bombina variegata
類群: 箭毒蛙、蟾蜍和蠑螈
家人: Bombinatoridae2
排序: Anura
各大洲: 歐洲
寶寶: Females can lay over 200 eggs at one time, but typically lay about 40. Eggs are laid in ponds, and tadpoles develop rapidly.1
牠在野外的狀況: Endangered in Germany1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3