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Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus, also known as Anaimalai flying frog, false Malabar gliding frog, [2] and false Malabar tree frog, [3] is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Anaimalai Hills , a part of the southern the Western Ghats in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, India .
Lucilia bufonivora is a member of the fly family Calliphoridae which are commonly known as blow flies. L. bufonivora is commonly referred to as a toadfly.The adult flies will typically feed on pollen and nectar of flowers, while the larvae are parasitoids that feed mainly on the living flesh of the common toad (Bufo bufo), leading to the toad's death, though they have been found as parasites ...
The frog lives in the tarantula burrow, where it is safe from drying out during the day and where frog-eating predators will not go. However, scientists have seen fly larvae on young tarantula spiderlings. The scientists speculated that this frog may help the tarantulas by eating flies that enter the burrow before they can lay eggs. [5]
A Batrachomyia larva parasites a Litoria genimaculata frog. Though Chloropidae generally do not attack vertebrates directly, the larvae of the Australian frog flies, genus Batrachomyia, are exceptions. They cause myiasis in frogs. The parent fly, like most adult Chloropidae, feeds mainly on plant juices, but it lays its eggs near the frog.
The African bullfrog is a voracious carnivore, eating insects and other invertebrates, small rodents, reptiles, small birds, fish, and other amphibians that can fit in their mouths. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] It is also a cannibalistic species—the male African bullfrog is known for occasionally eating the tadpoles he guards, [ 11 ] and juveniles also ...
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An Adult female Rhacophorus malabaricus resting on the building of a temple in the Bisle Ghats. The term "gliding" frog refers to its ability to break its fall by stretching the webbing between its toes when making leaps down from the treetops. It can make gliding jumps of 9–12 m, a maximum of about 115 times its length.
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