Bruno's casque-headed frog
| Bruno's casque-headed frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Aparasphenodon |
| Species: | A. brunoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 | |
Bruno's casque-headed frog (Aparasphenodon brunoi) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. Endemic to Brazil, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Unlike poison dart frogs which merely secrete poison from their skin, this species is equipped with skull spines capable of injecting venom into other animals or human hands via headbutting, a tactic it shares with Corythomantis greeningi.[2][3] The venom of A. brunoi is estimated to be 25 times as toxic as that of local fer-de-lance pit vipers.[3]
References
- ↑ da Rocha, C.F.; Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, S.; Van Sluys, M. (2004). "Aparasphenodon brunoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55298A11277104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55298A11277104.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ↑ "Venomous frogs discovered during painful scientific mishap". CBC News. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- 1 2 Jared, C.; Mailho-Fontana, P. L.; Antoniazzi, M. M.; Mendes, V. A.; Barbaro, K. C.; Rodrigues, M. T.; Brodie, E. D. (2015-08-06). "Venomous Frogs Use Heads as Weapons". Current Biology. 25: 2166–2170. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.061. PMID 26255851.
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