Tag: frogs
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The Amazonian frog with a bite as strong as a tiger
Deep in the Amazon’s leaf-littered floor sits a Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), motionless and nearly invisible. Only two raised “horns” above its eyes and a pair of staring pupils betray its presence. In an instant, this rotund frog explodes into action, jaws gaping impossibly wide to engulf a passing lizard. These frogs are ambush
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This tiny frog glows in the dark—and it’s rewriting biology
In the highland rainforests of Borneo, where clouds cling to the canopy and the air thickens with night, scientists have stumbled upon something that seems pulled from myth: a frog that glows. This newly discovered species is the first amphibian ever documented to exhibit true bioluminescence. While some frogs are known to fluoresce under ultraviolet
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The frozen heartbeat of the Alaskan wood frog
The boreal forest outside Fairbanks sounds like a muted snow-filled cathedral each November, a world muffled by frost and stillness. Beneath the carpet of fallen leaves and shallow soil, a two-inch amphibian stages one of nature’s most improbable performances. The Alaskan wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) doesn’t burrow deep to escape the cold. It doesn’t migrate
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Is The Blunt-headed Burrowing Or Balloon Frog Poisonous? Facts Uncovered
The blunt-headed burrowing frog, known scientifically as Glyphoglossus molossus, is an interesting species that has garnered attention for its peculiar characteristics. Native to Southeast Asia, this species inhabits countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Frequently found in areas where moisture is plentiful, such as near streams or marshes, these frogs have distinctive
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The Potoo bird may be the scariest bird you’ve ever seen
The Potoo bird, or Ghost bird from Central and South America, gives off a startling expression. The strange-looking bird possesses a hooked snake-like bill with a massive gape the animal uses to swallow moths and other insects. But even more freaky are their yellow googly eyes that glow up at night. Potoo birds control pupil
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The Fringed Leaf Frog
The Fringed Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) is one of the rarest amphibians in the world. The 3-inch creature lives a reclusive life up in the Amazon rainforest’s high canopies — it rarely visits the ground — in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The frog’s coloration, of course, is stunning — intermixing green, blue, and purple.