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Descriptor English: Poison Frogs
Descriptor Spanish: Ranas Venenosas
Descriptor ranas venenosas
Entry term(s) ranas dardo
ranas dardo venenosas
sapos venenosos
Scope note: Ranas que secuestran y secretan VENENOS (por ejemplo, BATRACOTOXINAS). Las ranas venenosas incluyen Pseudophryne australiana, Dendrobates, Epipedobates y Phyllobates de América Central y del Sur y Mantella de Madagascar. Melanophyrniscus es un sapo venenoso de la familia Bufonidae. Todas las ranas dardo venenosas provienen de la selva tropical del oeste de Colombia y son miembros de Phyllobates.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rãs Venenosas
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Dart Frog
Dart Frogs
Frog, Poison Dart
Frog, Venomous
Frogs, Poison Dart
Poison Dart Frog
Poison Dart Frogs
Poison Frog
Poison Toad
Poison Toads
Venomous Frog
Venomous Frogs
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.090.180.659
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000097702
Scope note: Frogs that sequester and secrete POISONS (e.g., BATRACHOTOXINS). Poison frogs include Australian Pseudophryne, Central and South American Dendrobates, Epipedobates, and Phyllobates and Madagascan Mantella. Melanophyrniscus is a poison toad in the family of Bufonidae. All poison dart frogs are from rain forest of western Colombia and are members of Phyllobates.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Anura (1963-2023)
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
DeCS ID: 60633
Unique ID: D000097702
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Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Poison Frogs - Preferred
Concept UI M000764348
Scope note Frogs that sequester and secrete POISONS (e.g., BATRACHOTOXINS). Poison frogs include Australian Pseudophryne, Central and South American Dendrobates, Epipedobates, and Phyllobates and Madagascan Mantella. Melanophyrniscus is a poison toad in the family of Bufonidae. All poison dart frogs are from rain forest of western Colombia and are members of Phyllobates.
Preferred term Poison Frogs
Entry term(s) Poison Frog
Venomous Frogs - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000764350
Preferred term Venomous Frogs
Entry term(s) Frog, Venomous
Venomous Frog
Poison Toads - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000764351
Preferred term Poison Toads
Entry term(s) Poison Toad
Poison Dart Frogs - Narrower
Concept UI M000764349
Preferred term Poison Dart Frogs
Entry term(s) Dart Frog
Dart Frogs
Frog, Poison Dart
Frogs, Poison Dart
Poison Dart Frog



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