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Frog is a 1987 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film produced for the PBS series WonderWorks, starring Scott Grimes, Shelley Duvall, and Elliott Gould. The central character Arlo Anderson (played by Scott Grimes) is an unpopular youth who is obsessed with his collection of lizards and amphibians.
The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that its heart stops beating – but it does not die. Once the spring ...
Limnodynastes dumerilii is a frog species from the family Limnodynastidae. [2] The informal names for the species and its subspecies include eastern or southern banjo frog, and bull frog. [3] [4] The frog is also called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, which is likened to a banjo string being plucked.
Lepidobatrachus laevis, widely known as Budgett's frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratophryidae, discovered by John Samuel Budgett. [2] It is often kept as a pet . It has acquired a number of popular nicknames, including hippo frog , [ 3 ] Freddy Krueger frog , [ 3 ] and escuerzo de agua .
The spring peeper is a tan or brown frog with a dark cross on its dorsa (thus the Latin name crucifer, meaning cross-bearer [7]), though sometimes the marking may be indistinct. [8] [9] Dark lines can also be found between the eyes and in a crossband on the hindlimbs of P. crucifer. [10]
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura [1] (coming from the Ancient Greek ...
In captivity, C. cranwelli and C. ornata are the most popular species, [4] along with the "fantasy frog", a captive-produced hybrid between C. cranwelli and C. cornuta.These frogs can live in a terrarium with a floor area 8-10 times the size of the frog. [4]
The Secret Life of Frogs is a 2018 Indian documentary that explores lesser-known frog species. It premiered on May 1, 2019, on Animal Planet. [1] Directed by Ajay Bedi, Vijay Bedi, and narrated by Jeff Alan Greenway, [2] the 45-minute film provides insights into the behaviors and lives of various frog species, with a particular focus on the purple frog and the torrent frog.