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The Oriental Fire-bellied Toad, (Bombina orientalis) is a small (4 cm, 2") semi-aquatic frog species. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ...
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Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
{{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
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Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. ...
Species Genus Barbourula Barbourula busuangensis Barbourula kalimantanensis Genus Bombina Bombina bombina Bombina fortinuptialis Bombina lichuanensis Bombina maxima Bombina microdeladigitora Bombina orientalis Bombina pachypus Bombina variegata Bombinatoridae are often referred to as fire belly toads because of their brightly colored ventral sides which show that they are highly toxic. ...
Species Bombina bombina Bombina fortinuptialis Bombina lichuanensis Bombina maxima Bombina microdeladigitora Bombina orientalis Bombina pachypus Bombina variegata The Fire-bellied Toads are a group of eight species of small toads (typically 4-7cm in length) belonging to the genus Bombina They used to be classified under the family Discoglossidae (which...
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Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail). ...
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Description
Oriental fire-bellied toads are the most easily recognizable species of Bombina. They are bright green, with black mottling, and a bright orange, yellow or red underside. The skin on their dorsal side is covered in small tubercles. Although its common name is 'toad', the Fire-Bellied Toad is not a member of the toad family (Bufonidae)- so it may properly also be called a frog. Green is a color with many different shades, all within a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nm. ...
Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ...
The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nanometres. ...
Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ...
Red may be any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ...
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Families At least 9, see article. ...
For other uses, see Toad (disambiguation). ...
Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail). ...
In the wild, B. orientalis eat various types of small aquatic arthropods (among other things) from which they obtain Carotene, which is used to color their bellies. In captivity, providing a source of Beta-Carotene (such as carrots) to the prey insects (crickets) early in a frog's adult stage allows it to develop brighter coloration. Carotene is responsible for the orange colour of the carrots and many other fruits and vegetables. ...
Carotene is a terpene, an orange photosynthetic pigment, important for photosynthesis. ...
Binomial name Daucus carota A carrot (Daucus Carota) is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in color with a woody texture. ...
Habitat Like other Bombina species, B. orientalis is mostly aquatic, inhabiting warm, humid forested regions. They spend most of their time soaking in shallow pools, among dense vegetation.
Reproduction Breeding takes place in the spring with the warming of the weather and increase in rain. Males call to the females with a light barking croak. They jump onto the back of any other fire-bellied toad that happens to pass by, often leading to male-male confusion, but rarely any sort of fighting. Females lay anywhere from 40 to 100 eggs in a large cluster, usually around submerged plants, near the water's edge. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs in 3-10 days depending on the temperature of the water. The larvae begin to develop legs in 6-8 weeks, and are fully metamorphosed and begin venturing on land in 12-14 weeks. In most birds and reptiles, an apple (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...
A Pieris rapae larva An older Pieris rapae larva A Pieris rapae pupa A Pieris rapae adult Metamorphosis is a process in biology by which an individual physically develops after birth or hatching, and involves significant change in form as well as growth and differentiation. ...
In captivity In the United States, B. orientalis is commonly kept as a pet. They are generally a hardy species that do well in captivity if given good water quality. They are commonly fed with small crickets dusted with a calcium powder. They can also be fed with other small insects and grubs. They should not be fed mealworms, as these larva possess hard shells which Fire-bellied Toads have a hard time digesting or passing. A tree cricket sitting on a leaf. ...
External links Mealworm information from the Center for Insect Science Education Outreach at the University of Arizona Another mealworm information page How to raise mealworms One Internet source for live mealworms Categories: Stub | Beetles ...
A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...
Fire-bellied Toads are usually fed live food. They only hunt prey which moves, ignoring any food item which is too slow or still. Some keepers have success by "hand" feeding food items, attaching pieces to a long piece of wood or straw and waving it in front of the frogs. Oriental Fire-Bellied Toads can be trained to accept food in this manner.
Because members of the Bombina genus have short, round tongues that cannot be pushed out of the mouth, Fire-bellied Toads cannot spit out items that have been accidentally taken into the mouth. As a result, their enclosures must not include gravel of a size which may be accidentally ingested. Larger rocks, or sand, may be used instead. An animal which swallows a piece of gravel it cannot pass will die unless it receives medical attention.
In captivity, Oriental Fire-bellied Toads have lived for more than a dozen years.
Oriental Fire-bellied Toads should be kept in water, with some kind of land or island which allows them to periodically climb out of the water. An ideal enclosure has plenty of land and water-based hiding places, as well as a land-based location suitable for depositing live food. Fire-bellied Toads have a sensitivity to chlorine - tap water should be treated or allowed to stand for several days, to allow chlorine to dissipate, before adding it to their environment. General Name, Symbol, Number chlorine, Cl, 17 Chemical series halogens Group, Period, Block 17, 3, p Appearance yellowish green Atomic mass 35. ...
References - Kuzmin et al (2004). Bombina orientalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- LivingUnderworld: Bombina
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