Cuban Little Frog - Cuba Little Frog

Japanese: キューバチビガエル - きゅーばちびがえる
Cuban Little Frog - Cuba Little Frog

... The genus Atelopus , which is a toad but has a similar morphology to the Dendrobates genus, is also poisonous, with 49 species distributed in tropical America. The Hylidae family also includes poisonous species such as the genus Phrynohyas , which is distributed in tropical America, but the world's smallest species, the Cuban frog Sminthillus limbatus , which was once included in the Dendrobates family and has a body length of about 1 cm, is questionable as to whether it is poisonous or not. In addition, five species of the genus Phrynomomerus (= Phrynomantis), which is part of the family Phrynomera (= Phrynomantis ), are also poisonous. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Cuban Little Frog" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ヒキガエル科ではあるがヤドクガエル属と形態の類似したアテロプス属Atelopusも有毒で,49種が熱帯アメリカに分布する。アマガエル科にも熱帯アメリカに分布するドクアマガエル属Phrynohyasなどの有毒種が含まれるが,かつてヤドクガエル科に含められていた体長約1cmの世界最小種のキューバチビガエルSminthillus limbatusは,果たして有毒か否か疑問視されている。またヒメジムグリガエル科(=ナゾガエル科)のアフリカドクガエル(ナゾガエル)属Phrynomerus(=Phrynomantis)5種も有毒種である。…

※「キューバチビガエル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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