Animal Discovery Project
Amphibians
- Cold blooded
- Have a backbone
- Live on both water and land
- No scales
- Typically go through metamorphosis
- Omnivore
- Bilateral Symmetry
Tomato Frog (Dyscophus)
- Male Tomato Frogs tend to grow about 2 and a half inches in length while females tend to grow 3-4 inches in length
- Live in temperatures from 64-80 degrees Fahrenheit
- A variety of insects and invertebrates like crickets, wax worms, and even mice
- Their habitat is a burrowed hole in the ground where they can eat passing insects
- Their bright colors serve as a warning mechanism while they aren't toxic they spit out a white mucus which is irratating to the mucous membrane and serves to ward off predators
Cottonmouth Snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
- Cottonmouths reach up to 30-48 inches in length and occasionally up to 74 inches
- On young animals the back is marked by bands with dark borders and paler centers, this pattern is usually lost in older individuals
- Most active at night since they spend more time in water because water attracts more heat than the air
- They aren't usually aggressive unless triggered but one of their unique behaviors is their ability to "stand their ground"
- When thoroughly aroused, a cottonmouth coils its body and threatens the intruder with its mouth wide open and their fangs exposed
- Mainly reside in the southeastern part of the United States and are semi-aquatic
- Their diet consists of cold and warm blooded prey including other species of snakes, frogs, small lizards, fish, etc.
Poison Dart Frog (Denodrobatidae)
- Their elaborate designs and hues of color are a deliberate tactic to warn off predators also known as aposematic coloration
- Their length is 1 inch long (size of a paper clip)
- The gold poison dart frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown men
- Scientists are unsure about the source of the poison dart frogs venom
- Medical researchers have been exploring uses for the venom and created a synthetic version that shows the promise as a pain killer
- They are carnivores and eat a variety of flies, ants, insects, and spiders
- Can live to about 3-15 years
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