Stats

Lifespan: 10-20 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Freshwater wetland
Range: East Asia
Movement: Swimming
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

A small frog native to Korea, northeastern China, and the Russian Far East, recognisable by its warty green-and-black back and vivid orange-red belly splashed with black. When threatened, it arches into the "Unken reflex" — flipping to flash its toxic warning colours rather than fleeing.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
2.
tadpole
A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
3.
juvenile
A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
4.
adult
Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bombinatoridae
Genus: Bombina
Species: Bombina orientalis