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posting different frog species and some fun facts about them! 20s | they/he dyke | no terfs

[herpsandbirds]

Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio), male calling, family Dendrobatidae, Costa Rica

photographs by Rory Wills

[markscherz]

Look at this muppet (Paradoxophyla sp., maybe a new species? we aren't sure yet). Just look at his hilarious face. This is not the face a frog is supposed to have. What are you doing with that NOSE?¿?¿?

[endofeva1997]

Check out this shirt I made to protest frog dissection in the 7th grade

[werewolf-transgenderism]

breaking news! new beautiful photo of the best species of frog in the world just dropped

cochranella euknemos, 📸 nuqui_herping on instagram

[werewolf-transgenderism]

for everyone in the notes lamenting that this guy is poisonous: they are not! they're just pretty :) since they're a glass frog, their major defense mechanism is being translucent and hiding their blood while they sleep so they look extra translucent and blend in with leaves <3

[cenobitic-anchorite]

Liked this lil guy so much that I gave it a shot.

[calware]

i implore you all to watch this video that my mom took and sent me

[calware]

YES EXACTLY!!! environmental storytelling

[roman-noodlezz]

@catboybiologist

[catboybiologist]

I have already seen this and it is perfect <3

[herpsandbirds]

Sumaco Horned Treefrog (Hemiphractus proboscideus), family Hemiphractidae, Loreto, Peru

photographs by Matt Jeppson

[vangoghcore]

by nuqui_herping

[birdblues]

Purple Harlequin Toad

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[frogtime]

African Clawed Frog (Xenopus Laevis)

Honestly I could've written pages about these guys, there's so many cool facts about them. Very clumsy on land, and so these lads tend to stick to water or - if dried up - can bury themselves in the mud for up to a year! Their skin produces a type of antibiotic that heals their wounds rapidly. They lack tongues, and so have to push food into their mouths with their tiny unwebbed hands. The males also lack vocal cords, and so have to click to attract females - they rarely respond, but their rejection is a slow ticking sound...which seems more like a warning imo. These guys are an invasive species in many habitats, but endemic along the African Rift Valley south of the Sahara Desert, as well as South Africa, Namibia, and Angola. They're also a species of least concern!

[frogtime]

Borneo Eared Tree Frog (Polypedates Otilophus)

These little guys have prominent, sharp ridges behind their eyes, hence their name! These relatively large tree frogs, like many other tree frogs, lay and fertilise their eggs in foamy nests above bodies of water, so that their tadpoles can drop in when they hatch! The Borneo Eared Tree Frog is endemic to Borneo, including Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

[frogtime]

Mexican Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus Dorsalis)

With no neck, a triangular head, muscular short legs, and no webbing on its front feet, these guys are specially suited for their digging and burrowing lifestyle. Unlike most frogs, instead of flipping out their tongue to catch their prey, the Mexican Burrowing Toad stiffens its tongue and protrudes it, allowing it to eat ants and other insects in their burrows!

These little freaks are found in the lowlands of Central America, Mexico, and in the far south of Texas. AND fortunately they're categorised as least concern!!

[herpsandbirds]

Red-headed Poison Frog (Ranitomeya fantastica), male transporting tadpoles, family Dendrobatidae, endemic to Peru

Poisonous.

photograph by Daniel Núñez

[cute-animals-only]

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[escuerzoresucitado]

it's cute 🥰

[anoddreindeer]

@markscherz What kind of frog is this?

[markscherz]

This handsome fellow is Rhinophrynus dorsalis. It’s native to southern Mexico. It’s pretty roumd but with pointyface. An icon.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science

Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

The creamy fruit and nectar-rich flowers of the milk fruit tree are irresistible to Xenohyla truncata, a tree frog native to Brazil. On warm nights, the dusky-colored frogs take to the trees en masse, jostling one another for a chance to nibble the fruit and slurp the nectar. In the process, the frogs become covered in sticky pollen grains—and might inadvertently pollinate the plants, too. It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported last month in Food Webs.

Scientists long thought only insects and birds served as pollinators, but research has revealed that some reptiles and mammals are more than up to the task. Now, scientists must consider whether amphibians are also capable of getting the job done. It’s likely that the nectar-loving frogs, also known as Izecksohn’s Brazilian tree frogs, are transferring pollen as they move from flower to flower, the authors say. But more research is needed, they add, to   confirm that frogs have joined the planet’s pantheon of pollinators.

Source.

[baileyonvalley-deactivated20200]

Theloderma corticale

Vietnamese mossy frog