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Hairy frog. The hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) also known as the horror frog or Wolverine frog, is a south americann species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae. It is typically considered monotypic within the genus Trichobatrachus, [2] but based on its genetics, it should be included in Astylosternus instead. [3]
A. striatus. Binomial name. Antennarius striatus. (G. Shaw, 1794) The striated frogfish or hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Frogfish. Frogfishes are any member of the anglerfish family Antennariidae, of the order Lophiiformes. Antennariids are known as anglerfish in Australia, where the term "frogfish" refers to members of the unrelated family Batrachoididae. Frogfishes are found in almost all tropical and subtropical oceans and seas around the world, the primary ...
Frogs are valued as food by humans and also have many cultural roles in literature, symbolism and religion. They are also seen as environmental bellwethers, with declines in frog populations often viewed as early warning signs of environmental damage. Frog populations have declined significantly since the 1950s.
Arthroleptidae. The Arthroleptidae / ˌɑːrθroʊˈlɛptɪdiː / are a family of frogs found in sub-Saharan Africa. This group includes African treefrogs in the genus Leptopelis along with the terrestrial breeding squeakers Arthroleptis, and several genera restricted to the Guinean forests of central and west Africa, such as the hairy frog ...
The Frogs Portal. A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail'). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" Triadobatrachus is known from the Early Triassic of Madagascar (250 million years ago), but ...
Thalassophryninae. Batrachoididae / bætrəˈkɔɪdɪdiː / is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes / bætrəˈkɔɪdɪfɔːrmiːz /. Members of this family are usually called toadfish or frogfish: both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad -like appearance (batrakhos is Greek for 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 ...