Category: Frog
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American bullfrog
Latin name: Lithobates catesbeianus Other name/s: Bullfrog American bullfrogs live in the southern Canadian provinces down through Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma (eastern North America). They live in freshwater areas such as lakes, ponds and marshes. Although, they have been introduced in the West of the U.S., parts of Canada, and globally and are…
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Poison dart frog
Latin name: Dendrobatidae Other name/s: Poison Arrow Frogs, Dart-Poison Frogs Poison Dart Frogs live in the humid rainforests of Central and South America, and they flourish especially in the leaf litter, near streams, within dense plants, in rotting logs and under rocks. How do they protect themselves? Poison dart frogs use aposematism to ward off…
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Horned Frog
Latin Name: Ceratophrys Other name/s: Pacman frog Horned frogs live in many places across the globe, such as Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela. They live in marshes and near bodies of water, close to the forest floor. How do they defend themselves and hunt? When threatened, they can inflate their body to make themselves…
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Tomato frog
Latin name: Dyscophus antongilii Tomato frogs are native to Madagascar, specifically swamp forests, rainforests, freshwater ponds, and marshes. They are nocturnal, spending the daytime either buried in the soil or hidden under fallen leaves. Hunting and self defence They are ambush predators (see the Glossary) so they hide often near water or under leaf litter…
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