Mary Allen
Kapa 'ia ka 'o'oma'oma'o no ka mea hiki iā ia ke ho'ololi i kona kala i ke kaiapuni. Eia naʻe, no ka mea, he ʻōmaʻomaʻo maʻamau ko lākou ʻili, ua kapa ʻia lākou he ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
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He aha ke ʻano o nā toad ʻōmaʻomaʻo?
ʻO ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo he liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. No na toads maoli a pela no na amphibians; he mau amphibian kēia - ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea ola e noho ana ma ka ʻāina a ma ka wai.
Ua uhi ʻia ka ʻili o ke koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā ʻili warty.
Ma ke ala, ʻo kēia ka hihia me nā toads a pau. ʻO nā warts kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā toads a me nā rana.
He ʻeleʻele ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻeleʻele ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a loaʻa i kahi hiʻohiʻona kikoʻī ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, i kekahi manawa e hoʻopili ʻia me nā ʻulaʻula.
He ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele lākou ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i ko lākou kala e kūlike me ke kaiapuni.
Piʻi nā wahine a hiki i ʻeiwa kenimika, nā kāne a hiki i ʻewalu kenimika.
He ʻeke kani hoʻi ko nā kāne ma ko lākou ʻāʻī a he ʻōpuʻu ma loko o ko lākou mau manamana lima mua ʻekolu i ka wā male.
ʻO kā lākou mau haumāna he paepae a elliptical - kahi hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o ka toads.
ʻOiai e noho ana nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka ʻāina, he mau manamana wāwae ko lākou.
Ma hea kahi e noho ai nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo?
No nā steppes o Central Asia mai nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO ka palena komohana o Kelemānia ʻo ia hoʻi ka palena komohana o ka laulā o nā toads ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a no laila e ʻike ʻia lākou i kēia lā mai Kelemānia a hiki i Central Asia. Eia nō naʻe, ke noho nei lākou ma Italia, Corsica, Sardinia a me Balearic Islands, a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau.
ʻO nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo e like me kahi noho maloʻo a mehana.
Loaʻa pinepine ʻia lākou ma nā ʻāina haʻahaʻa ma nā ʻāina one, ma nā lua ʻiliʻili a ma nā kihi o nā mahina ʻai a ma nā pā ala kaʻaahi, a i ʻole ma nā māla waina.
He mea nui ia e ʻimi i nā wahi e ʻā mai ai ka lā a me nā kino wai e hoʻomoe ai i kā lākou hua.
He aha nā ʻano o nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma laila?
Loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻoʻo maʻamau, ka koo spadefoot, a me ka koo natterjack. ʻIke maʻalahi ka toad ʻōmaʻomaʻo e kona waihoʻoluʻu. Aia nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma muli o ko lākou wahi hoʻolaha.
ʻEhia makahiki e loaʻa ai nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo?
Ke ola nei nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hiki i ʻeiwa mau makahiki.
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Pehea e ola ai nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo?
He holoholona pō ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo e puka mai ana mai ko lākou mau wahi peʻe i ka wā pōʻeleʻele e ʻimi ai i ka meaʻai. ʻO ka pūnāwai wale nō a i ka ua ua ola lākou i ka lā.
I ke kau anuanu, hibernate lākou, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā amphibians ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ko lākou wahi noho me nā koo natterjack. He ʻoliva-ʻeleʻele kēia i ka waihoʻoluʻu a he ʻōniʻoniʻo melemele māmā ma ko lākou kua.
ʻO ia ka manawa e hoa like ai nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā koʻo natterjack, a no ka pili pili loa, ʻo ia ka hopena i nā hybrids ola o nā ʻano ʻelua.
Hōʻike ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka ʻano ʻano ʻē: noho pinepine lākou ma kahi hoʻokahi no nā makahiki he nui, a laila neʻe koke lākou i kahi kilomita i hoʻokahi pō e ʻimi i kahi home hou.
I kēia mau lā, he pōʻino kēia mau neʻe ʻana i nā koʻo, no ka mea, hele pinepine lākou i ke ala a ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā wahi kūpono.
ʻO nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻenemi o nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo
ʻO nā manu e like me nā seto, nā lupe, a me nā pueo ʻōmaʻomaʻo e ʻai i nā koo ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Hāʻule nā tadpoles i nā dragonflies a me nā namu wai, nā ʻōpae ʻōpio i nā hōkū a me nā ʻiole.
No ka pale ʻana i nā ʻenemi, hoʻokuʻu nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo makua i kahi huna keʻokeʻo a ʻala maikaʻi ʻole mai ko lākou ʻili ʻili. Hiki i nā tadpoles ke pakele i ko lākou mau ʻenemi ma ka luʻu ʻana i lalo o ka wai.
Pehea e hoohua ai ka omaomao?
Hoʻomaka ka wā male o nā toad ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hopena o ʻApelila a hoʻopau i ka mahina o Iune a Iulai paha.
I kēia manawa, noho nā kāne i loko o ka wai a huki i nā wahine me kā lākou mau leo hoʻokalakupua. Ma hope o ka male ʻana, waiho ʻia kēlā me kēia wahine ma kahi o 10,000 a 12,0000 mau hua
Hoʻomoe lākou i kēia mea i kapa ʻia ʻo spawn i loko o nā kaula māhoe lōʻihi e like me ka jelly ma kahi o ʻelua a ʻehā mika ka lōʻihi. Ma hope o nā lā he ʻumi a 16, hāʻule nā ʻōhua mai nā hua.
Ua like lākou me nā tadpoles a hina ma luna a keʻokeʻo ma lalo. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻauʻau paʻokahi lākou a ʻaʻole i loko o nā pūʻulu.
E like me nā tadpoles frog, pono lākou e hele i ke kaʻina o ka hoʻololi ʻana, metamorphosis. Hoʻololi lākou i ko lākou hanu ʻana mai ka hanu gill i ka hanu māmā a hoʻomohala i nā wāwae mua a me hope.
I loko o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau mahina, lilo lākou i ʻōpiopio ʻōpiopio a kolo lākou i uka a puni Iulai.
He 1.5 kenimika ka lōʻihi o nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōpiopio. I ka makahiki ʻelua a ʻehā mau makahiki - ma hope o ke kolu o ka hibernation - lilo lākou i mea makua kāne.
Pehea e kamaʻilio ai nā koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo?
Hoʻomanaʻo hoʻopunipuni ke kāhea ʻana o ke koʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ke kani ʻana o ka mole cricket: he trill mele. Hiki ke lohe ʻia ʻehā manawa i ka minuke.