#tusked frog

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More Beautiful Friends from Tamborine Mountain in Queensland! Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog, Striped Marsh Frog, Tusked Frog, Peron’s Tree Frog and Whistling Tree Frog!

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trick or treat! ٩(- ̮̮̃-̃)۶

You got a tusked frog!

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Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis)

Image credit: Dr. Jodi Rowley

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Amphibia is already such a great show with lots of comedy and adventure. But is not only beautifully written but you can also see the people behind the show did their homework on swamp creatures pretty well! Lots of fantastic biology facts cleverly used here!

Some of my favorites depicted here:

- The character Gunther is a tusked frog (Adelotus brevis), a real animal I didn’t know existed before this show (you know is gonna be a great show when they put critters that are new for you).

- Bessie the snail being attacked by hedgehogs (one of them blue of course) is because hedgehogs really like to eat snails and other tiny invertebrates.

- Sprig using a caterpillar as a fake moustache is probably a reference to real life hairy caterpillars that indeed look like moustaches!

- Fish pedicure is something real spas do! (no kinkshame plz)

- Hop Pop living with scavenger beetles, actual real creatures.

- A mind controlling mushroom is something that frighteningly exists for real, with many species of fungi that dedicate to parasite different invertebrates and sometimes tiny vertebrates like frogs!

- HERONS must be one of the creepiest and most dangerous creatures for any tiny forest animal, they would eat anything that fits into their mouth. (I also almost screamed when I saw em because I really hoped to see an episode about how brutal herons must be for frogs since the beginning).

- Mudskippers are fish that can walk on land and do actually open their mouth like that when fighting ( >:O).

- The tree bug is probably a stick insect or even a stick mantis!

- The CATerpillar (haha?) that Anne adopts with a cute “:3″ face is probably a reference to the viral photo of a green caterpillar with a fake “:3″ face made of spots.

- The very fact that Sprig and other frogs have hair is probably a reference to real hairy frogs!

And as you can see in the last image, there is a bunch more stuff I could be talking for hours! star-nosed moles, lampreys, even SPIDERS portrayed as cute rather than scary and many jokes about frog biology! The attention the writers and artists paid to detail is simply astounding. Highly recommend to go and watch it!

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Tusked Frog!

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Many Beautiful Frogs and Frog Songs of Bellthorpe Frog Camp! We made lots and lots of recordings for FrogID too!

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Three lovely ground frogs who came out to say hi at Bellthorpe Frog Camp! A Dusky Toadlet or Dusky Gungan (Uperoleia fusca) with Fantastic Orange Sleeves, a Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii), and a lady Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis) with Beautiful Red Tights!

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to eastern Australia from Eungella National Park, Queensland south to Ourimbah, New South Wales. It is the only species in the Adelotus genus - adelotus meaning "unseen" and brevis meaning "short". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Description The tusked frog is a unique frog within Australia, as it is the only species where the female is smaller than male. Males can reach a maximum length of about 5 centimetres (2.0 in), while females reach 4 centimetres (1.6 in). The common name of "tusked frog" derives from the small protrusions on the lower jaw, similar in position to tusks, which can reach about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in length in males (only visible when the mouth is open). The pair of bony tusks are modified teeth that protrude from the middle of the lower jaw and fit into special grooves on the upper jaw when the mouth is closed. They are slightly curved and sharply pointed, and are present in both males and females, although they are larger in males. Males have been observed ‘locking jaws’ with each other, in a similar way to male deer locking antlers in the struggle to exert dominance over each other. Male tusked frogs have a disproportionally large-sized head, compared to the body, and females have a smaller proportioned sized head than males. The males have been known to fight, biting each other under the head, and around the neck. This behaviour has presumably led to the sexual dimorphism of larger heads, body size and tusks to increase success of fights (Katsirakos & Shine 1997). The dorsal surface of the frog is normally brown, but can be olive to black, with low ridges, warts and irregular darker markings. There is usually a butterfly shaped marking between the eyes. The [ventral] surface of this species is more striking - being marbled black and white with flashes of red on the groin and hind legs. Males and females have different belly patterns. Fingers and toes are cylindrical and are not webbed. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ecology and behaviour A. brevis is associated with dams, ditches, flooded grassland and creeks in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and woodland. It is known from coastal and highland areas, however it has suffered declines in many highland areas, particularly the New England Tablelands of New South Wales. Males create hidden nest sites in leaf litter and vegetation in streams and the edges of dams. This species has a call like "tok-tok", males call from the nest site and can be difficult to find. Breeding takes place in spring and summer and eggs are laid as a foamy mass in the nest, hidden from sunlight. The eggs are white in colour and lack pigment. In the breeding season (October - December), males build nests out of foam hidden from direct sunlight in ponds and swamps. Over 600 eggs may be laid in each floating mass of foam, and are guarded by the male until they hatch into tadpoles. The tadpoles grow over a period of two to three months to around 3 to 3.5 cm, when they undergo metamorphosis into ‘mini adult’ froglets. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Conservation Status and Threats The IUCN has listed the tusked frog in the Near Threatened category of the Red List of Threatened Species, and notes that it is probably in significant decline due to chytridiomycosis. The southern Tablelands population has been listed as an Endangered Population under the Threatened Species Conservation Act, following the disappearance of the species from the rest of its former Tablelands range. Urban and agricultural development are thought to be the primary threats to this species, causing the degradation and loss of its habitat. Introduced species are causing further decline, such as the predatory Eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki, and weed species which outcompete the tusked frog’s natural vegetation. Gallery Tusks of a male tusked frog The ventral surface of the tusked frog Spawn of the tusked frog; note the unpigmented eggs (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); source - Wikipedia

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