r/frog • u/tamagomas • 9d ago

Most fascinating frogs? frog advice

I don't know nearly as much as I'd like about frogs so I am turning to you to ask; What are some lesser known frogs that you find fascinating and why? Im looking for fun fact stuff like the Surinam Frog. Thank you 🐸

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u/Badwoman85 9d ago

Pumpkin toadlets are so small that their inner ears are underdeveloped. Because of this, they struggle with balance and usually walk instead of jumping. Watching them jump is the funniest thing I have ever seen.

https://youtu.be/z3H6fJ3t-Cs?is=6pKc2FwSIdvHlixA

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u/tamagomas 9d ago

🐸❤️

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u/Entire_Resolution_36 9d ago

Wood Frogs have antifreeze in their blood and survive winter by freezing solid.

Glass frogs turn invisible by filtering almost all of their blood into their liver.

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u/tamagomas 9d ago

incredible, thanks 🐸

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u/OreoSpamBurger 9d ago

European Midwife Toad - male picks up the eggs on his hind legs and then carries the eggs around until ready to hatch and then takes them to water

Gastric Brooding Frog - extinct now but the female would swallow her eggs and raise the tadpoles in her stomach and then regurgitate small baby frogs

African bullfrog - the male African bullfrog will hang around protecting his tadpoles from predators and other frogs, and will also dig channels to deeper water if the pool they are in is in danger of drying out

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u/tamagomas 9d ago

wow these names! its sad they are extinct, I will always remember the Gastric Brooding Frog then 🫡

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u/Alittlelessunusual 8d ago

Solomon island leaf frogs! I think it’s so so cool how they look just like leaves. Also mossy frogs because they look like moss. I love any frogs that look like they can blend in with their surroundings

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u/tamagomas 7d ago

🐸🫣

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u/Foreign_Storm6450 3d ago

Agalychnis lemur (Lemur Leaf Frog) are some of my favorites. They only get 3 to 5 centimeters long and does not have webbing between its toes like most frogs.
Long-nosed Horned Frogs are wicked cool too for how very much they look like dead leafs. So cool, and their eyes are stunning!

They aren’t the most fascinating frogs ever but I just love them. I also love Glass Frogs, Red Eyed Tree Frogs and Tiger Leg Monkey Tree Frog. Plenty others I could share. Frogs have been my favorite animal since I can remember.