Anura
Let an agent identify anurans and their main families, explain their life cycle and biology, relay conservation status and legal protection from authoritative sources, and separate frogs and toads as informal groupings from the taxonomy.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify What anuran this is.
Taxonomy
Families and species.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy.
- Which family or species is it, and what features identify it? definition
- Is the animal a frog or toad, a salamander or another amphibian? boundary
Frog and toad
Informal groupings.
Frogtoad
Frogtoad.
- How do the informal terms frog and toad relate to the taxonomy? definition
- Which entry fits the specific species? action
Biology Life cycle and ecology.
Life cycle
Metamorphosis.
Lifecycle
Lifecycle.
- How does the anuran life cycle proceed from egg to tadpole to adult? definition
- Which entry fits metamorphosis? action
Ecology
Ecology.
Ecology
Ecology.
- What roles do anurans play in ecosystems, and where do they live? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Conserve Threats and protection.
Threats
Threats.
Threats
Threats.
- What threats face anurans, including chytrid disease, and what is their status? provenance
- Which entry fits amphibian decline? action
Protection
Legal protection.
Protection
Protection.
- What legal protection applies, and what rules govern trade and handling? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific animal or pet, which needs a veterinarian? boundary
People Research and culture.
Research
Research use.
Research
Research.
- How are anurans used in research, and what welfare rules apply? provenance
- Which entry fits model organisms? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What roles do frogs and toads play in culture and folklore? provenance
- Which entry fits amphibians in culture? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Philautus larutensis, poison frog, Gosner stage
What it is Filled
The order of amphibians comprising frogs and toads, tailless as adults, with long hind legs adapted for jumping, most reproducing by laying eggs in water that hatch into tadpoles; with over 7000 species on every continent except Antarctica, anurans are important in ecosystems and research, and many species are threatened by habitat loss, disease and climate change.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify anurans and their main families, explain their life cycle and biology, relay conservation status and legal protection from authoritative sources, and separate frogs and toads as informal groupings from the taxonomy.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Tailless adults
- Jumping locomotion
- Metamorphosis from tadpole
- Permeable skin sensitive to environment
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Collect, move or trade frogs or toads of protected species without permits.
- Spread disease between sites by moving animals, water or unclean equipment.
- Handle poison frogs or toads without precautions, or let others do so carelessly.
- Release captive or non-native species into the wild.
Only with a human decision
- Captive breeding or translocation for conservation.
May
- Identify frogs and toads from field cues and record sightings for biodiversity databases.
- Report signs of disease, such as chytrid, to conservation authorities.
Moral aspects Filled
- Frogs and toads are declining worldwide from disease, habitat loss and climate change.
- Collection for trade drains wild populations.
Who is affected
- Wild frog and toad populations
- Ecosystems depending on them
- People handling toxic species
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: wild and protected by law in many places.
Master systems
- Species and biodiversity occurrence databases
- Red List assessments
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q10908 - registry parent class
related
- amphibian - the class
- true frog - a major family
- chytridiomycosis - a fungal disease
- herpetology - the discipline
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.anura
- Wikidata: Q53636 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53636)
- taxon: Anura order name
- NCBI Taxonomy: 8342
Direct properties required Filled
- species: over 7000 species
- size: under 1 to about 32 cm - from the smallest frogs to the goliath frog
Recognition required Filled
- Tailless adults with jumping hind legs
- Aquatic tadpole stage in most species
- Salamanders keep tails; caecilians are limbless
- Tailless amphibians with large heads, wide mouths, long hind legs and moist or warty skin; tadpoles are aquatic larvae with tails.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify families and common species
- explain the life cycle and biology
- relay conservation and protection information
- explain the frog and toad distinction
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Declines from disease, habitat loss and climate change
- Toxins of poison frogs and toads to handlers and pets
- Invasive species such as the cane toad
- Misidentification
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- CITES listings for some species
- National wildlife protection laws
- IUCN Red List assessments
- Animal research and welfare rules
Context of use required Filled
- Not for anything; an order of animals.
- true frogs
- true toads
- tree frogs
- poison frogs
- other families such as glass frogs and narrow-mouthed frogs
- developmental stages such as Gosner stages of tadpoles
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q53636: Anura - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Frog - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each major family be a separate entry?
- How should Red List assessments be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming a species and a staging system; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q53636/spec.json