ʻO nā rana a me nā toads he amphibians huelo ʻole e pālahalaha kokoke ana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Hōʻike ʻia kahi ʻano laha nui ma nā wahi wela, nā ululāʻau tropical. Ma laila e ola ai nā rana ʻawahia, hiki ke pepehi i ke kanaka, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hana iki. Hiki i kahi paʻi maʻalahi o ka ʻili o kēlā mea ke alakaʻi i ka make.
ʻO ke kū ʻana o kahi mea ʻona i loko o ka rana a i ʻole toad lawelawe no ka pale pilikino ʻana. ʻO ka ikaika o ka lāʻau make, a me kona ʻano, pili i ka ʻano kikoʻī. I kekahi mau laha, he hopena hoʻonāukiuki wale kā ka lāʻau make, a ʻo kekahi e hana i nā toxins ikaika loa.
Palaka ʻawahia Aferika
Bicolor phyllomedusa
ʻO ka rana gula a i ʻole ka mea piʻi lau weliweli (Phyllobates terribilis)
Nā rana lāʻau lāʻau ʻona
Pii piʻi lau kolu
ʻO Garlic maʻamau (Pelobates fuscus)
ʻO Green Toad (Bufo viridis)
Pākuʻi hina (Bufo bufo)
Pākuʻi ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula (Bombina bombina)
ʻO ka frog dart frog (Ranitomeya reticulata)
Pepeʻa lau lau kaha lehu (Phyllobates aurotaenia)
Panina hopena
Hoʻololi ka ʻino o nā rana a me nā toads i ka ikaika, a me ke ala e hana ʻia ai ka lāʻau ʻona. Hānau ʻia kekahi ʻano laha me ka hiki ʻole o ka lāʻau make i kekahi. Ma hope, hoʻomaka lākou e loaʻa nā mea ʻawaʻawa mai nā mea kolo i ʻai ʻia. ʻO ia ʻano amphibians i loko, no ka laʻana, he rana i kapa ʻia ʻo "climber lau weliweli".
Inā hoʻonoho ʻia kahi piʻi piʻi weliweli i ka pio, a laila, me ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi papaʻai o ka noho hihiu, ua pau ia i mea ʻawahia. Akā ma lalo o nā kūlana o ke kūʻokoʻa, ʻo kēia ka rana weliweli loa, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā vertebrates ʻona loa ma ka honua. ʻO kēia ka hihia ke pili wale i ka ʻili o ka rana hiki i ka make o ke kanaka.
ʻOkoʻa ke kumu o ka hana a me ka hopena o nā rana a me nā toad. ʻO kāna ʻano, ma ke ʻano he rula, hiki ke hoʻopili i ka hoʻouna ʻana, nā mea hoʻonāukiuki, asphyxiant, nā mea hallucinogenike. No laila, ʻo ke komo ʻana o ka lāʻau make i loko o ke kino e hopena i nā hopena i ʻike ʻole ʻia, kaukaʻi ʻia i ka ikaika o ka ʻōnaehana pale a me ke olakino laula.
Hana kekahi mau rana i kekahi o nā mea ʻona ikaika loa a lākou i hoʻohana ai e nā ʻohana hihiu e uhi i nā pua. ʻO kahi pua i hoʻouluulu ʻia me kēlā ʻano hui i lilo i mea kaua make maoli.
