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Spring Peeper

AKA Pseudacris crucifer

Spring peepers are a type of chorus frog native to eastern North America! Chorus frogs are named that because of the sound they make, a trill like the sound of locusts! For spring peepers in particular get their name because they make those sounds at the beginning of spring. Which, presumably, they can peep coming!

But that's not all that's interesting about spring peepers! They can also survive below-freezing temperatures, because their organs are prepared to go dormant until things warm up again. And when it gets warmer, they increase their chirping and mating!

Females choose males based on their chirping, and some males instead go for a "satellite" strategy where they hang out near males with good chirps to get with any females that approach them. Truly on that satellite male grindset!

Their scientific name crucifer means cross-bearer, because many have cross-like markings on their sides. Truly, peeping spring is a heavy cross to bear! Or to frog I guess.

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Before refrigerators existed, people would preserve products that needed to be kept cold, such as milk, by putting frogs in them.

In the past, each community had its own method of preservation. The ancient Russian and Finnish communities found a magnificent and very clever solution to this milk preservation: Throwing brown frogs called 'Rana temporaria' into milk...

A scientific study conducted in 2013 proved that this method worked. It was revealed that proteins such as Brevinin 1Tb synthesized from the skins of frogs (and other amphibians) restricted the life of some bacteria. Thus, the Russians and Finns discovered, albeit through trial and error, that they could fight bacteria by adding proteins produced from the skins of frogs to their milk.

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Frog friends in the forest

After a small rain shower frogs appeared and jumped around the forest.

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Mountain Chicken

AKA giant ditch frog, crapaud, Leptodactylus fallax

Surprised by the name? These frogs are called "Mountain Chicken" because people love to eat them, and because they supposedly taste like chicken!

These frogs are native to two Caribbean islands, but there's very few remaining in the wild because people love to eat them so much, and on top of it all there's now also a fungal disease attacking them!!

They're pretty big, the largest frogs in the Caribbean and in their family, and can weigh up to 1kg! It's so big it can even eat snakes, bats, or other frogs!

Another unusual thing about them is their reproduction! They nest in little burrows instead of laying eggs in the water!

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Namaqua Rain Frog

AKA namaqua short-headed frog, Breviceps namaquensis

A round little fellow!

These guys live in Namaqualand and Namibia, in southern Africa. Their toes aren't webbed, and they spend most of their time underground, only coming out after it rains to look for tasty insects.

When threatened, they squeak and inflate to deter predators! I don't think I'd be deterred at all, they're such little cuties!

When they lay eggs, they cover them up in thick yolk-y fluid and the tadpoles live there until grown. Interesting tactic, that.

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Karpathos Frog

AKA Pelophylax cerigensis

I saw this guy and I just had to cover him!

These guys were once considered to be the most endangered species of frog in europe, because they were found only in two small rivers in the island of Karpathos. Later they found out there's more of them in the island of Rhodes! They're still considered endangered, but not nearly as much as before. One hop at a time!

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Granular Toad

AKA Common Lesser Toad, Rhinella granulosa

Common lesser toad??? So mean to him!!

Granular toads are called that because their skin looks very grainy! They spend the day burrowed up in holes, and leave at night to hunt and mate! Their most common meals are ants and termites.

The Rhinella genus was originally grouped with Bufo, which was a catch-all for frogs that didn't fit anywhere! In 2009, many frogs were reclassified, so Bufo granulosus became Rhinella granulosa!

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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!

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