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Variable harlequin toad

Atelopus varius

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

皮肤里有毒吃：昆虫碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

The variable harlequin toad is a small, brightly coloured toad from the forests of Central America. It lives on rocks and in crevices beside streams. It is critically endangered, which means it is at very high risk of disappearing from the wild.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

Costa Rica and western Panama, now only in small remnant populations1

北美洲

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It lives in humid lowland and montane forests, usually on rocks or in crevices along streams. It is mainly land-based and enters the water only during the breeding season, getting moisture from stream spray.1

长度

4 cm (1.6 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 2 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats small arthropods, which are most abundant during the dry season.1

Variable harlequin toad的照片 — Variable harlequin toad。照片：Brian Gratwicke。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

A small toad with conspicuous, bright colouring1
Active during the day (diurnal)1
Usually found on rocks or in crevices beside streams in humid forest1
Moves slowly and often stays in the same area for long periods1

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 animal is poisonous rather than venomous, so it does not bite or sting. Its skin contains tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves).1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

它害怕时会做什么？

Its bright, conspicuous 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？

差不多和一个回形针一样长180 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Variable harlequin toad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)

Variable harlequin toad 约 2 公里/小时 (1.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its only known predator is a parasitic fly, Notochaeta bufonivora. The fly lays larvae on the frog's thigh, and the larvae burrow inside and eat the frog from within.1

A census between 1990 and 1992 near Monteverde, Costa Rica, found zero individuals where the population had once peaked at 751 adults.1

By 1996 it was believed to be extinct throughout Costa Rica, but a 2019 assessment found two subpopulations in the country.1

It was rediscovered near Quepos, Costa Rica, in 2003.1

The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis can spread between individuals through shed skin cells and harms the skin, which affects breathing and the balance of water and salts in the body.1

In March 2021 the species was bred in captivity outside Panama for the first time.1