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Climbing mantella

Mantella laevigata

名字的由来： The scientific name Mantella laevigata places it in the genus Mantella; the species name refers to its smooth skin, from the Latin laevigata meaning smooth.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。

The climbing mantella is a small, brightly coloured frog that lives in the lowland rainforests of northeast Madagascar. It is a poison frog, so its skin holds chemicals that can harm predators. It is special because it is one of the few frogs whose parents care for their tadpoles by feeding them eggs.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

Northeast coastal region of Madagascar1

非洲

首页

Lives in lowland rainforests and bamboo groves, spending time in trees and bamboo but staying near water. It is found in several protected areas, including Masoala National Park and Marojejy National Park. It needs humidity of 80% to 100%.1

长度

2.4 cm到3 cm (0.9 in到1.2 in)1

体重

1.2 g到2 g (0 oz到0.1 oz)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？

Eats ants, insect larvae, mites and other small insects found in leaf litter, taking whatever is most available. Ants make up about 84% of its diet in the dry season but only 35% in the wet season, when its diet is more varied.1

Climbing mantella的照片 — Climbing mantella。照片：Franco Andreone - see authorization。 CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Adults are 24–30 mm long and weigh 1.2–2.0 g1
Front of the back is bright yellow or pale green1
Arms, legs, belly and rear are black, with blue spots on the limbs1
Eyes are completely black1
Has discs at the tips of its fingers and toes, and the toes are webbed1

常被误认为： M. betsileo, M. viridis and M. expectata look similar but are differently coloured. They often have blue spots on the throat rather than the limbs, and they have a faint line along the upper lip, which the climbing mantella lacks.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？

This frog is poisonous rather than venomous. Its skin glands contain lipophilic alkaloids, the chemicals that make up its poison, which it gets from the arthropods it eats. Researchers have found 41 different potent alkaloids in its skin. Captive frogs lose their toxicity over time.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。

它害怕时会做什么？

Its bright colours warn predators that its skin is toxic.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？

它有多重？

和 2 个回形针一样重

差不多和一个回形针一样长轻到放在手上你都感觉不到100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Climbing 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)

Climbing 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 tadpoles eat only the eggs of their own species, and the parents feed them unfertilized eggs.1

Males defend territories of about 2 square metres and fight by wrestling, chasing and leaping, sometimes for over 1.5 hours.1

Female frogs choose a mate based on the quality of the male's well, not on his call.1

The climbing mantella is the only member of the Mantella genus that breeds in water-filled wells in trees, tree holes or broken bamboo stalks.1

Its chemical defence has developed in a similar way to that of the dart frogs of Dendrobatidae, although the two families are only distantly related.1

给毒液专家

学名: Mantella laevigata
类别: 毒蛙、蟾蜍和蝾螈
家人: Mantellidae2
排序: Anura
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: Usually lays only one large egg, 3–3.5 mm across, at the side of a water-filled well or above the water line. The parents feed tadpoles unfertilized eggs.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, 2016), though its population is suspected to be decreasing1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3