Today is the seventh day of the April A to Z Challenge. I will be writing about different frog species based on their latin species names! See the introduction here.
Dyscophus guineti – Sambava Tomato Frog
These frogs get there name due to their tomato like appearance. Females are more brightly colored and physically larger than their male counterparts with the females ranging from 3-4″ long.
The D. guineti frog lives in tropical rainforests in Madagascar. They are most active at evening and night. They will spend majority of their day half-hidden under brush waiting for food.
D. guineti is called an ambush predator, meaning that they prefer to wait until prey walks across their path.
Their bright coloration acts as a warning as to their toxicity, however if that fails the tomato frog can inflate its body and secrete a sticky, milky toxin from its skin glands capable of repelling most predators.
The D. guineti is considered least concern by the IUCN due to the tolerance of habitat disruption and presumed large population.
Sources:
(1) IUCN Redlist(2) Reptiles Magazine (3) Zoo Safari USA (4) Sacramento Zoo (5) Zoo Barcelona
Image Sources:
(1) Zoo Barcelona(2) Cleveland MetroPark Zoo (3) Sacramento Zoo (4) Tumblr user- polymathically
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Oh my! This one is kind of frightening. Very interesting.
yeah, this one is one is a little scary, especially if you run across them in the wild due to their size!
I love frogs! Here by way of bonus challenge. I am now following!
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Annette
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Awesome! Glad to find someone else who loves frogs! Ill check you out now 🙂
Thank you!
I do love the coloring! They look a little grumpy up front… but in a cute way 😀
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I love their coloring as well. Looks almost fake with how red they are. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I have always like the tomato frog since the series “Dead Like Me” was on tv years ago – the main character had a frog like this one. Its so cool!!
I have never seen that show, I will have to look into it. Thanks for stopping by!
Beautiful frog! So vividly red! I love it!
I always think it is crazy that nature can make the animals so brightly colored! Thanks for stopping by!
Kinda cute, you know?
yeah! kinda cute in a grumpy way!
That first image, the color is quite bright and vivid!
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Thanks for stopping by! I love how vivid this frog is!