The Blue Poison Dart Frog can be found in Central and South America. They live in tropical jungles. Theses dangerous frogs eat flies, ants, insects, spiders, and termites. They are threatened from extinction. The Blue Poison Dart Frog has permeable type skin. They are normally blue with black spots.…
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The Frilled Lizard, also known as the Chlamydosaurus Kingii, weigh only one to two pounds. Black, brown, tan and yellow are the colors of the filled lizard. They have a long tail and a large expanding frill on the neck. They are reptilian, so their skin is scaly. The habitat ranges from tropical rainforests to woodlands. Their clutch size is 12. Frilled Lizards are omnivores; they love eating insects. Lucky for them, the filled lizard isn’t threatened at all.…
There are many kinds of rat snakes. One, of which is the Black Rat snake. The black Rat snake is a non-venomous snake that can grow up to eight feet in length. The adults are mostly black, with white bellies, and have white or gray showing between their scales. The young, or juvenile, usually are brown or gray with dark colored splotches on their backs.…
* Drinks lots of saltwater, secrete ions through gills and excrete urine concentrated with ions.…
The poison dart frog is one of the most deadliest of all frogs.The poison dart frogs toxin is so…
What if there was a frog you weren’t used to seeing in any creek or river you’ve ever visited? Well, there is a particular species of frog that has a Biologist and his colleagues in awe. Our journey takes place in the country of Peru in South America, where biologist, Kyle Summers has studied and fawned over a special species of frog. The Ranitomeya imitator. What exactly makes these frogs so special? The Ranitomeya imitator is not only a mimic to other toxic frogs, such as themselves, but the only known frog to be monogamous. Though these frogs are very small in size and beautiful in vibrant black and yellow, they still remain to be very dangerous to other animals. Their mimicry has gone as far as to match other frogs so predators will only…
The cane toad mate like frogs they lay eggs and then becomes tadpoles. The cane toad can lay up to 8,000 – 25,000 eggs at once. but only 1,000 to 2,000 make it to adult hood but the cane toad cane live 10to 15 years. The cane toad usually travels by it self. The skin of the cane toad is dry and warty. It has distinct ridges above the eyes, which run down the snout. individual cane toads can be grey, yellowish, red-brown or olive-brown, with varying patterns. Fun facts…
They are able to secrete mucus from their skin that can cause irritation to the eyes, nose, mouth and even the genitals and any other mucus membranes. The mucus can also cause allergy-like symptoms and cause someone’s asthma to be triggered. Also, if a child gets ahold of one and puts it in their mouth, the secretion of the tree frog can possibly kill the child from the sicknesses they could contract. This is a common happening because there are so many of these frogs that when children see them, they like to try catching and playing with them, which sometimes gets the children…
Cane Toads are known to be of a variety of colour they may be grey, yellowish, olive-brown or reddish-brown, and their bellies are pale with dark mottling. An adult’s average-size is approximately 10-15 cm long; they can grow to more than 230mm and over 1kg in weight. Male Cane Toads are smaller and wartier than females. The toads are heavily built amphibians with dry warty skin.…
According to National Geographic, there were only 3,000 cane toads (also known as Bufo marinus) brought into to Queensland, Australia. Now there is an estimated number of over two billion ([2]). With this large number of cane toads, their impact on the environment is much greater than was ever anticipated. Cane toads reproduce extremely fast, and only need a small pool of water. Females can lay up to 35,000 eggs at once, and they usually lay eggs twice a year.…
Describe the general external anatomy of the frog. The body of a frog can be divided into a head, which extends posteriorly to the shoulder region, and a trunk. Notice that a distinct neck is absent. This is a retention of a characteristic of fishes, for which an independent motion of the head and trunk would be disadvantageous during swimming. The appendages, forearms and hind legs, allow the frog to move about on land. The large webbed hind feet aid in swimming.…
However, these effects can vary greatly, with some species being affected greatly, and others not at all. For example, UV-B radiation can cause the skin of Gray Tree frogs to darken, and cause them to swim less. For others, like the Pacific Tree frog, this radiation can reduce larval survival and increase abnormalities in behavior and development. Other common effects include increased embryo mortality and behavioral avoidance. Interestingly, different populations of amphibian species can be differently affected by UV-B radiation as well, possibly because certain regions have more UV-B radiation than others (Blaustein). Regardless, the fact that UV-B radiation has been increasing in our atmosphere is alarming.…
Geckos are creatures that have adapted to live in many different habitats. Geckos have a large lifespan. Their lifespan is approximately two through 9 years (Gecko). A gecko's Scientific name is Gekkonidae (Gecko). The kingdom they belong to is Animalia (Gecko). A few species of female geckos reproduce without mating (Gecko). These species also only give birth to female geckos (Gecko). Geckos are usually found in rocky deserts or mountainous areas (Gecko).…
The article and the lecture are both about the cane toad in Australia. The author of the article believes that it is possible to stop the spreading of the cane toad population. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the reading. She thinks that taking the measures mentioned in the reading may be unsuccessful and seriously damage the ecology of Australia.…