ジュウジメドクアマガエル

Meanings

Amazon milk frog; mission golden-eyed tree frog

usually written using kana alone

A species of tree frog native to South America, known for its milky secretion. Common names include Amazon milk frog, mission golden-eyed tree frog, and blue milk frog.

ジュウジメドクアマガエルは、ペットとして飼かわれることもある。
The Amazon milk frog is sometimes kept as a pet.
動どう物ぶつ園えんでジュウジメドクアマガエルを見みた。
I saw an Amazon milk frog at the zoo.

Kanji

十ten
字character, letter, word
目eye, class, look
毒poison, virus, venom
雨rain
蛙frog

Built from

十じゅう字じ+目め+毒どく+雨あま蛙がえる

Written forms

じゅうじめどくあまがえる
Hiragana spelling, also used but less common than katakana for this animal name.
十じゅう字じ目め毒どく雨あま蛙がえる
Kanji spelling is very rare and mostly seen in specialized contexts; the word is usually written in kana.

Etymology

The Japanese name ジュウジメドクアマガエル is a compound of 十字目 (cross-shaped eye), 毒 (poison), and 雨蛙 (tree frog), referring to the frog's distinctive eye pattern and its mildly toxic skin secretion. The exact derivation is uncertain; it is likely a descriptive coinage rather than a direct translation of a Western name.