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Dyscophus antongilii
The Madagascar tomato frog or crapaud rouge de Madagascar (''Dyscophus antongilii'') is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.
==Description==
Females are much larger than males, reaching up to 10.5 cm and 230 g in weight (6.5 cm and 41 g for males).〔http://www.arkive.org/tomato-frog/dyscophus-antongilii/〕 Tomato frogs live up to their name by possessing a vibrant, orange-red colour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_search_index&where-genus=Dyscophus&where-species=antongilii&rel-genus=equals&rel-species=equals )〕 Females are much larger than males and have brighter tones of red or orange on their back, with a pale undersurface.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.umich.edu/~esupdate/library/97.09-10/wisnieski.html )〕 Some individuals also have black spots on the throat.〔 It is thought that the brilliant colours of the tomato frog act as a warning to potential predators that these frogs are toxic;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090323165545/http://www.zoo.org/factsheets/tomato_frog/tomatoFrog.html )〕 a white substance secreted from the skin acts as a glue to deter predators (such as colubrid snakes) and can produce an allergic reaction in humans.〔〔
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