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When threatened, a tomato frog puffs up its body. When a predator grabs a tomato frog in its mouth, the frog's skin secretes a thick substance that numbs up the predator's eyes and mouth, causing the predator to release the frog to free up its eyes. The gummy substance contains a toxin that occasionally causes allergic reactions in humans.
It is thought that the brilliant colours of the tomato frog act as a warning to potential predators that these frogs are toxic; [6] a white substance secreted from the skin acts as a glue to deter predators (such as colubrid snakes) and can produce an allergic reaction in humans. [4] [5]
Dyscophus guineti, the false tomato frog or the Sambava tomato frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.
Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae.The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants.
The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), also known as simply xenopus, African clawed toad, African claw-toed frog or the platanna) is a species of African aquatic frog of the family Pipidae. Its name is derived from the short black claws on its feet. The word Xenopus means 'strange foot' and laevis means 'smooth'.
T. absoluta was originally described in 1917 by Edward Meyrick as Phthorimaea absoluta, based on individuals collected from Huancayo (Peru). [2]: 240 Later, the pest was reported as Gnorimoschema absoluta, [3] Scrobipalpula absoluta (Povolný), [2]: 240 or Scrobipalpuloides absoluta (Povolný), [2]: 240 but was finally described under the genus Tuta as T. absoluta by Povolný in 1994.< [4] [5 ...
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
Theloderma corticale (common names: mossy frog, [3] Vietnamese mossy frog, [4] Tonkin bug-eyed frog, moss bug-eyed frog, [2] and [for the formerly recognized Theloderma kwangsiense] Kwangsi warty treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.The theloderma corticale is often difficult to identify visually as there are cryptic species that look very similar to it.