#african frogs
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froggirleyeball · 1 year ago
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Black Rain Frog
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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!!
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trashartgalleries · 1 year ago
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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
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I'd love to come back to these characters, one day 😌
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plaguedocboi · 11 months ago
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All three of the Little Men are in there
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herpsandbirds · 1 month ago
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African Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus), family Pyxicephalidae, males calling and fighting during mating season, South Africa
photograph by Johan Marais
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mintaikk · 1 year ago
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IDK WHERE THIS CSME FROM BUT IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY
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vintagewildlife · 9 days ago
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African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) By: Wilhelm Hoppe From: Living Amphibians of the World 1966
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markscherz · 10 months ago
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Why are lizards and salamanders so similar in shape?
That’s just what peak performance looks like
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savethewailes · 1 year ago
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H holding hands 🥺
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amphibianaday · 1 year ago
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could you draw an african dwarf frog doign some sick tricks :]
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day 1407
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dougdimmadodo · 7 months ago
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Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii)
Family: Narrowmouth Frog Family (Microhylidae)
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Named for their rotund red bodies, Tomato Frogs are endemic to Madagascar where they are mostly found in wet, well-vegetated environments in the northeast. Spending the day buried beneath damp soil or leaf litter to avoid predation and dehydration, members of this species emerge at night to hunt for beetles, flies and other terrestrial arthropods, and respond to threats from nocturnal predators by inflating their bodies to appear larger and secreting a thick, sticky and mildly irritative substance from their skin, making them difficult for predators to bite or grab. Tomato Frogs breed following periods of heavy rainfall, and like almost all frogs they lay their eggs in water; males, which are smaller and paler than females, gather around suitable ponds or slow-moving rivers and streams during the night and produce low, quiet, grumbling calls, competing for the attention of females. If a female selects a male she will allow him to cling to her back and will carry him around for an extended period as she lays over 1,000 soft, transparent eggs which he fertilizes externally. Shortly after fertilization the eggs hatch into tiny, limbless, fully aquatic tadpoles that gradually develop limbs and lungs over the course of several months - after transitioning to life on land young Tomato Frogs are initially dull brown or pale yellow, gradually developing a redder colouration until they reach full maturity at 2-3 years of age.
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littlealienproducts · 2 months ago
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African BullFrog / Pixie Frog Figurine 10 cm length by artisnt
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froggirleyeball · 1 year ago
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Madagascar Tomato Frog
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AKA Dyscophus antongilii
Red as a tomato! These frogs are only found in northern Madagascar, and are closely related to the false tomato frogs from the same country (I wonder if they have a family rivalry).
The girls are redder and bigger, up to 4.13 inches, while the boys barely get half as big. They're from the Narrow-Mouthed frog family, which tend to be smaller, but these are a bit bigger.
They can live in forests, swamps, and ponds, but their habitats are being degraded and polluted, and some end up living in cities.
While frogs are mostly known for eating flies, these even ambush and eat beetles! That's a tomato for you.
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nickysfacts · 5 months ago
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This makes Tiana the Princess of Creole Cuisine!
🍽️👩🏾‍🦱👑
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plaguedocboi · 10 months ago
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Ominous
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herpsandbirds · 3 months ago
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African Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus), family Pyxicephalidae, males fighting during mating season, South Africa
photograph by Christian Passeri
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www-proxxicles-com · 3 months ago
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Wanted to PNGify a bunch of my critters for the upcoming wiki. Enjoy! (PSSST. Some of these guys weren't showcased! Seecrets!) WARNING: Long post!
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Two opossums, normal and albino.
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Ravens. Left to right, top to bottom- albino thick-billed, pied, common, thick-billed, white-necked.
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Crows- white-necked, slender-billed, generic grey, collared, northwestern, albino.
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African bullfrog with tongue out and tongue retracted.
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Grey and brown Toulouse/dewlap geese.
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Canada goose.
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