#Notaden

[herpsandbirds]

Crucifix Toad aka Holy Cross Frog (Notaden bennettii), family Limnodynastidae, New South Wales, Australia

photograph by Mick Fullerton

[snototter]

A northern spadefoot (Notaden melanoscaphus) in Mornington, Kimberley, WA, Australia

by Melissa Bruton

[markscherz]

What frog would be the best for a wizard? Like if a wizard wanted to ponder a frog and not an orb, what are the most ponderable frogs?

No question, Myobatrachus gouldii

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The first thing the wizard would want to ponder is 'what the fuck has happened to this frog? How did it wrong the Wild Mother to be treated this way?'

But if you don't want a frog that tumblr might flag as inappropriate, consider Notaden bennetti, the aptly named 'crucifix frog'

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[stickyfrogs]

Today we went to visit some beautiful friends at the Melbourne Zoo World of Frogs!

We met a Very Displeased Peanut with Manners, a Lovely Leaf with Yellow Eyes, and a Grumpy Golfball who had just woken up!

(Litoria fallax, Litoria gracilenta and Notaden bennettii)

[typhlonectes]

Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii), male, Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia

Found in Eastern Australia. Fossorial (burrowing). Call is a “WOOP” sound. Max. length is 6.8 cm. Feed mainly on ants and termites.

photograph by JJ Harrison | Wikipedia CC

[fatehbaz]

just a heads-up—looks like that singing frog in the video you reblogged is a crucifix frog (Notaden bennettii), which isn’t a narrowmouthed toad (Microhylidae) as tagged but rather a member of the Australia+New Guinea-endemic family Limnodynastidae (aka Australian ground frogs (in part) or foam-nesting ground frogs)

Thank you. Really appreciate that you took the time to send this message. Sorry for the misdirection. The creature in the video is indeed Notaden bennettii. (Dryland frog whose habits remind me of beloved spadefoot toads of North America. Ought to have known: One memorable field guide that I had as a child described how the endemic frogs of Australian/Oceanian deserved notoriety alongside the more-famous endemic marsupials, and as examples the book referred to and included illustrations/photos of the “most amazing” which included the gastric brooding frog, marsupial frog, and the crucifix frog.) Went and looked up the source of the video. It comes from FrogID Australia’s social media, here:

[frogs-from-bogs]

Notaden bennettii by paulhypnos

[frogs-are-awesome]

Desert Spadefoot Toad (Notaden nichollsi) by Stephen Zozaya Windorah, Queensland, Australia.

[phrogges-nest]

when we think of a frog, we imagine it relaxing on a lily pad on the edge of a lake, lazily catching flies with its long, sticky tongue. but did you know that some hardy frog species have adapted to survive in some of the driest places in australia?

[fenrislorsrai]

Northern Spadefoot (Notaden melanoscaphus) by Matt Via Flickr: Darwin, Northern Territory.

[herpsandbirds]

Crucifix Toad aka Holy Cross Frog (Notaden bennettii), male, family Limnodynastidae, found in eastern Australia

photograph by Jesse’s Wildlife 

[funkyfrogoftheday]

today's funky frog of the day: the northern spadefoot toad (Notaden melanoscaphus)!!!!! i can say with confidence that this fellow is one of the roundest frogs i have ever seen. they're endemic to australia, and are found in the family of australian ground frogs!

photo by Richard D. Reams

[markscherz]

what's the stupidest/silliest looking frog you know of?

Oh

heck

that's

such

a

great

question

where

do

I

even

start?

[In order of appearance: Glyphoglossus molossus, Myobatrachus gouldii, Choerophryne proboscidea, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, Pipa pipa, Litoria pinocchio, Triprion petasatus, Synapturanus danta, Breviceps verrucosus, Notaden bennettii, Hemisus guttatus, Hemiphractus bubalus]

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Following the desert rains a Holy cross frog {Notaden benneti} comes to the surface after a long period underground, Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia

Photographer: Robert Valentic   

[typhlonectes]

This is a Crucifix Frog, and for the first time ever in captivity, Melbourne Zoo’s keepers bred them last year!

In the wild, these little frogs live underground and emerge after rain to mate. For years keepers have been researching and understanding mating patterns and thanks to an ingenious Melbourne Zoo keeper, after playing a 10-hour-long YouTube clip of a thunderstorm and creating the right environment, they got in the mood!

via: Zoos Victoria

[sleepy-bebby]

Crucifix toad (Notaden bennettii)

Also known as the holy cross frog, it is a fossorial frog and one of the few Australian frogs to display aposematism.