#guardian frog

[herpsandbirds]

Smooth Guardian Frog (Limnonectes palavanensis) male with tadpoles, family Dicroglossidae, Sarawak, Borneo

Male guards eggs, which are laid on the forest floor, and then transports tadpoles to a water source.

Photograph by Kurt Orion G

[sysirauta]

The guardian frog. I still don't exactly know what it does but I have an itch that it has some connection with vines.

[sysirauta]

There is a rumor that somewhere there is a sword in the stump, and whoever would get that sword, would be granted with great might. It wouldn't even be hard to pull that sword out from the old tree stump. Unfortunately nobody has ever got past the guardian frog. And those who have lived, have been too afraid to ever tell what exactly makes a frog so frightening.

[sysirauta]

The sword guardian frog, watching everything judgementally.

There's not much known of the frog, due to its frightening demeanor, but it's know to be very old creature already. If it is a real frog, it's heavily enchanted to live far beyond a frog's lifespan. It has grown wise by age, and would likely not do anything if someone would just pass by, but would still exterminate anyone threatening its sword.