What is a tomato frog?
originating in Madagascar, a tomato frog, also known as dyscophophus antongilli , is one of several species of frogs that live in tropical and subtropical climate. Females of this kind are larger than men and are expected to resemble ripe tomatoes. These frogs usually live in swamps, ditches, ponds and other shallow water formations near human dwellings. As they age, they take over the rich red color for which their kind is to know. At about 8 ounces (227 grams) weight and four inches (10.1 cm), adult women are twice as large as men. They also have a darker color. Both males and women inflated to look larger than they are when they confront perceived predators.
male tomato frogs by court by calling them after the rain. In captivity, breeders have to set up a dry environment for frogs and then create a rain episodes for stimulating men's mating calls. Women lay over a thousand eggs at the same time; These hatch in about a day and a half in the tadpoles of a quarter inches (6 mm) long. OForty -five days later, tomato frog counters turn into frogs and become sexually mature adults during the year. It is assumed that tomato frogs live for up to 10 years in the wild and even longer in captivity.
tadpoles of tomato frogs eat nutrients from the water of their habitats. Adult frogs do not have teeth, but using ridges in the mouth are able to eat the prey they overflow. In the wild, tomato frogs generally eat small arthropods - an invertebrate class with exoskeletons that include insects like spiders - but can consume different insects and animals if they are small enough. Often eating worms, crickets, larvae and earthworms are tomato frogs.
tomatoes are often kept as pets in domestic aquariums. Reptiles generally recommend great care in handling tomato frogs because they emit a whitish substance that can cause an allergic reaction in humans. FrogsThese are usually fed by live crickets, worms and newborns, which are often dusted with vitamin supplements to improve nutrition. It is unpredictable to leave live prey in the aquarium with tomato frog for any longer, because the intended food can sometimes hurt the frog. Other instructions for the owner of tomatoes include maintaining attachments in warm and humid and providing water source deep enough to immerse and absorb water over the skin.
When Madagascar tomatoes at the age of 90 were threatened due to a collection for an exotic pet shop and deforestation, several protective groups entered to save them. Various protection efforts, many supported and financed the American zoo, led to increased awareness of the species. However, tomatoes are still considered to be threatened in its native location.