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.
Summer is upon us folks, and this year’s looking to be a real scorcher. This Bushveld rain frog [Breviceps adspersus] wants to remind you to all stay cool this season. It’s okay to use your hind legs to dig a little hole in the moist soil to sit in. It’s not weird! In fact it’s great exercise, helping to give you magnificent glutes and hammies while the rest of your body remains a perfect sphere.
Now, the term “criminally small” gets thrown around a lot on this blog. But I ask you… are you ready to behold true tininess?
This baby Mozambique rain frog [Breviceps mossambicus] was found and phtoographed near the Vis-Agier resort in Sodwana Bay, South Africa. These frogs require no water source to reproduce, instead laying eggs underground which then hatch by direct development into tiny frogs like the one you see above. These frogs inhabit a wide range of central and southern Africa, and are most commonly found after brief periods of rain. Images by Vis-Agie Resort on Facebook.
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.
A little rain frog [possibly Breviceps montanus, the Cape Mountain rain frog] found and photographed by Lize Joubert-van der Merwe. I especially like the caption that was posted with these images:
“A perfectly round shape spotted in the footpath… It appeared more like a mushroom than a frog at a first glance. Next to a river. Fynbos not burned recently. Facial expression – grumpy. Not a happy camper. No jumping. Only crawling. It only sat quietly in the darkness of one of the hikers’ hands (in the darkness). The frog was treated with respect, and nobody had sunblock on their hands – no damage to the frog’s skin.”
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.
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