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The goliath frog is the largest living frog. [3] [4] Specimens can reach up to about 35 centimetres (14 in) in snout–vent length and 3.3 kilograms (7.3 lb) in weight. [5] This species has a relatively small habitat range in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. [6] Its numbers are dwindling due to habitat destruction, collection for food, and the ...
Conraua, known as slippery frogs or giant frogs is a genus of large frogs from sub-Saharan Africa. [2] Conraua is the only genus in the family Conrauidae . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Alternatively, it may be placed in the family Petropedetidae .
The 100 species with longest life-spans recorded and verified [1] This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum life spans. For a given species, such a designation may include:
A giant frog species that hopped alongside dinosaurs and is considered a "living fossil" is now losing ground in its native Chile as climate change and human intervention damage its habitat. The ...
Tadpoles of this species reached lengths of 15.9 centimetres (6.3 in), among the largest recorded in frogs living or extinct. [5] Ecology ...
Pyxicephalus (πυξίς, pyxis = "(round) box," κεφαλή, kephalē = "head") is a genus of true frogs from Sub-Saharan Africa, commonly referred to as African bull frogs or bull frogs. [1] They are very large ( P. adspersus ) to large (remaining species) frogs, with females significantly smaller than males. [ 2 ]
Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) are generally around 3 inches long with brown or grey bumpy skin.Their distinguishing features are a black ‘robber’s mask’ on their face and a green-yellow ...
Pseudis paradoxa, known as the paradoxical frog or shrinking frog, is a species of hylid frog from South America. [2] Its name refers to the very large—up to 27 cm (11 in) long—tadpole (the world's longest), which in turn "shrinks" during metamorphosis into an ordinary-sized frog, only about a quarter or third of its former length.