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Looking like he’d spent the last week inside a rock tumbler, this Rose’s rain frog [Breviceps rosei] was found in a pond in Kommetjie, in the Western Cape province of South Africa, by iSpot user Sally.
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Frogs don’t actually have long zappy tongues like in cartoons. Instead, the tongue is anchored in the front of the mouth, rather than the back, and can be flipped out like this to grab nearby food.
Plethodontohyla sp. by Stephen Zozaya
Beep beep, Mozambique rain frog [Breviceps mossambictus] passing on your left. Like many rain frogs, these frogs have gradually lost the ability to hop, choosing instead to speed-walk wherever they need to go.
Most frogs have a tadpole stage that is indistinguishable from other tadpoles of different species, so its always neat when you can look at a tadpole and immediately tell which species they belong to. This specimen is a young Budgett’s frog [also known as the wide-mouth frog, Lepidobatrachus laevis] and in typical Budgett’s fashion the first thing it does when encountering something unusual [in this case its owner’s fingers] is try to eat it.
This odd little frog is a Thompson’s toothless frog [Genyophryne thomsoni], a common species endemic to Papua New Guinea. As of now it’s believed to be the only member of its genus Genyophryne, but researchers acknowledge that its population may be comprised of several different species waiting to be differentiated. It’s a forest dweller noted for its rusty coloring and flat wide head, likely meant to imitate a leaf. Image by Fieldherpforum.com user Ritt.
Jens’ nemesis The Spray Bottle has returned!
Jens has Something To Say About That!
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