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Baron's mantella

Mantella baroni

名字的由来： It is named after Richard Baron, an English botanist and missionary to Madagascar who collected and studied the species.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

毒蛙、蟾蜍和蝾螈

皮肤里有毒吃：昆虫碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

Baron's mantella is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives only on the island of Madagascar. Its skin contains toxic chemicals that make it harmful to predators, and its bright colours warn them to stay away.1

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Madagascar only. East-Central Madagascar, inland from the east coast, from Fierenana south to Andringitra.1

非洲

首页

Lives in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist montane forest, rivers and degraded former forest. It usually lives at 600 to 1200 metres above sea level.1

长度

2.4 cm到3.2 cm (0.9 in到1.3 in)1

最高速度

约 3.5 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It is a very active forager that mainly eats ants. It also eats beetles, spiders and mites, and it eats more large arthropods than any other Mantella species.1

Baron's mantella的照片 — Baron's mantella。照片：Charles J. Sharp。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Has a light line above the eyes, called a rostral line.1
Hind limbs are orange with irregular black stripes, giving a tiger-like pattern.1
Front limbs range from light green to bright orange or yellow, with a large rounded flank blotch.1
Adults are 2.4 to 3.2 cm long, and females are slightly larger than males.1
Males call during the day, and it is an active hunter in daylight.1

常被误认为： It is often confused with the painted mantella (Mantella madagascariensis), which has a similar look. The painted mantella has a sky-blue, horseshoe-shaped marking on its throat. Baron's mantella does not have the flashmarks on its lower hind limbs.1

毒力

皮肤里有毒

它的皮肤有毒。摸、舔或吃都很危险。

它的毒会造成什么？

It does not inject venom. Its skin contains alkaloids, which are toxic chemicals it gets from eating mites. These make it harmful to predators that eat it, and they can cause sickness. The strength of the toxin varies over time and by location, and frogs in remote populations may be more potent.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

Its toxicity can vary, and careless handling is discouraged.1

它害怕时会做什么？

Its bright colours warn predators that eating it could be dangerous and cause sickness.1

如果有人碰了或吃了它

如果有人碰了它：好好洗手，不要碰眼睛或嘴巴。如果孩子或宠物舔了或吃了它：打电话给中毒急救中心或急救电话。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

差不多和一个回形针一样长100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Baron's mantella和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Baron's mantella 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its toxicity comes from the mites it eats, so its poison depends on its diet.1

Mantella frogs look like poison dart frogs from Latin America, but they are only distant relatives. The likeness is an example of convergent evolution.1

Unlike most frogs, which are active at night, it hunts during the day.1

Its bright colours and its toxins are a warning system, a pattern called aposematism.1

Its family arrived on Madagascar an estimated 76 to 87 million years ago.1

It is one of the largest species in the Mantella genus, with only some Mantella viridis individuals reaching a similar size.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Baron's mantella is the same as the painted mantella, and is sometimes called a painted mantella.

真相： The two are distinct species. They look alike, but the painted mantella has a sky-blue throat marking that Baron's mantella lacks.1

给毒液专家

学名: Mantella baroni
类别: 毒蛙、蟾蜍和蝾螈
家人: Mantellidae2
排序: Anura
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: Females can lay up to 130 eggs in a single clutch, usually near water. Rain washes the tadpoles into the water.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern (IUCN, 2016). It appears in CITES Appendix II.1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3