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Ceratophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Ceratophryidae. They are also known as South American horned frogs as well as Pacman frogs due to their characteristic round shape, horned brows, and large mouth, reminiscent of the video game character Pac-Man.
Frogs are extremely efficient at converting what they eat into body mass. They are an important food source for predators and part of the food web dynamics of many of the world's ecosystems. The skin is semi-permeable, making them susceptible to dehydration, so they either live in moist places or have special adaptations to deal with dry habitats.
The crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) is a frog native to south-eastern Asia including Taiwan, [2] China, Sumatra in Indonesia, [3] the Philippines and more rarely as far west as Orissa in India. [4]
This poem's title is one of those that rankled with Louis Untermeyer, but Stevens insisted on it in preference to the abbreviated "Frogs Eat Butterflies", which he wrote in a 1922 letter, "would have an affected appearance, which I should dislike". [2] If "The Worms at Heaven's Gate" is about death, then "Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs.
Pig frogs are opportunistic feeders and will eat a wide variety of prey, including insects, worms, and small vertebrates. Their primary diet is crawfish, but like most bullfrogs, they will consume almost anything they can swallow, including insects, fish, and other frogs. They are known to feed on beetles, dragonflies, crayfish, and other ...
Frog Bog is a 1982 [1] video game by Mattel Electronics for the Intellivision.An Atari 2600 conversion was released later that year as Frogs and Flies. [2] In both games, each player controls a frog sitting on a lily pad, attempting to eat more flies than the other.
The bronze frog grows up to 2–4 in (5.4–10.2 cm). Distinguishing characteristics include a bronze to brownish body, a white belly with dark, irregular blotches, and a bright-green upper lip and nose. Males may have yellowish throats. Bronze frogs are smooth-skinned, like all true frogs. They have long hind legs with webbed toes.
Limnonectes is a genus of fork-tongued frogs of 91 known species, but new ones are still being described occasionally. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are collectively known as fanged frogs because they tend to have unusually large teeth, which are small or absent in other frogs.