#african frogs

[froggirleyeball]

Black Rain Frog

AKA plain rain frog, brown short-headed frog, tsitsikamma frog, Breviceps fuscus

A little avocado...

Rain frogs can look a little silly, like little balls with arms, but they're also very interesting! They spend most of the day burrowed up in soil or leaves, and don't hatch as tadpoles - their babies are already frog-shaped, and called froglets!

Black rain frogs in particular have little inward-facing arms that make them better at burrowing! They're only found within a small region of South Africa, and can be up to 2 inches long.

They live in shrubland, preferably near sand they can burrow up in, and don't like living near open water. They only live their 6-inch-long tunnels at night, in order to hunt and mate. They can also inflate to try to scare off predators, getting up to 7 times as big!!

[trashartgalleries]

Tis a WIP!!

They were Wolverine/Hairy Frogs I was going to make the OCs of... Rise of the TMNT, if I'm remembering correctly

I'd love to come back to these characters, one day 😌

[plaguedocboi]

All three of the Little Men are in there

[herpsandbirds]

are there any impolite frogs? 😮

GIRL HAVE YOU SEEN THESE GUYS?!?!

African Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus), family Pyxicephalidae, males fighting during mating season, South Africa

photograph by Christian Passeri

African Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus), family Pyxicephalidae, males calling and fighting during mating season, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais

African Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus), family Pyxicephalidae, males calling and fighting during mating season, Free State, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais - World of Reptiles

[mintaikkcorpse]

IDK WHERE THIS CSME FROM BUT IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Building a nest out of foam may not seem like the best idea, but it certainly works for the African foam-nest frog! Before laying their eggs, females find a tree branch hanging over a body of water and secrete a thick mucus-like fluid from their cloaca, then use their hind legs to whip it into a froth. The outside of the foam will dry into a thin but hard crust, which keeps the inside moist and helps to protect the eggs from predators. After hatching, the tadpoles break free of the nest and drop right into the water!

(Image: A mating pair of African foam-nest frogs (Chiromantis xerampelina) by Martin Grimm)

[vvatchword]

I danced for him and sang him a whole song about how he's a pancake and he just stared at me like this

[markscherz]

Why are lizards and salamanders so similar in shape?

That’s just what peak performance looks like

[tomass-tanks]

Gojo says hi

[savethewailes]

H holding hands 🥺

[froggirleyeball]

Mottled Shovelnose Frog

AKA Marbled Shovelnose Frog, Marbled Snout-Burrower, Hemisus marmoratus

Funny-looking guys from southern Africa that can live in a wide variety of habitats!

They use their hard pointy faces to dig! When they're ready to mate, they use their noses to dig tunnels, where the female stays until there's enough rainfall. When that happens, she digs her way back up and releases the eggs into the water!

Mottled/Marbled shovelnose frogs in particular are named for their skin pattern, which varies a lot from frog to frog! Some are more brown-ish, some more yellow-ish!

[critter-creature-or-beast]

I just wanted to say with the frogs having done good, perked up, and gotten back to a good weight since I got them home I’ve decided to name them Congo (the lighter one) and Ubangi (darker more freckled one) after two of the rivers in Africa that these frogs would be from if they were in the wild, the aquatic dwarf frog homeland.

Frog update!

[plaguedocboi]

Ominous

[herpsandbirds]

African Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus), family Pyxicephalidae, males calling and fighting during mating season, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais

[amphibianaday]

could you draw an african dwarf frog doign some sick tricks :]

day 1407

[mcromwell]

h-hello