Adam is Gone Froggin
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Naturalist posting about frogs, amphibians, and all types of animals. Home of the Frog of the Week. he / him 🐸
The Hot Creek Toad 🐸 (Anaxyrus monfontanus) is one of the newest toads in the United States. It was first described in 2020 and was previously considered to be the Western Toad. 📸 William Flaxington learn more at buff.ly/9zbPYvP
The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) from the eastern USA. While they are a member of the tree frog family, they live on the ground and don't have toe pads for climbing. 📸 Todd Pierson learn more at buff.ly/Y9M6TaX
Here are some shitty pics of some tree toads I took awhile ago🐸
The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Brown Tree Toad (Rentapia hosii) from SE Asia. They arent your typical toad that spends its time burrowed in the ground. They are arboreal, spending their life in the trees near streams. 📸 Chun Xing Wong learn more at buff.ly/u97vdd3
The Couch’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii) is named after Darius N. Couch who found the first specimen, not after their love of couches. 📸 John P Clare learn more at buff.ly/EUX0o7N
The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Brown Tree Toad (Rentapia hosii) from Southeast Asia. They arent your typical toad that spends most of its time burrowed down in the ground.They are arboreal, spending their life in the trees near streams. 📸 Chun Xing Wong learn more at
The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Caatinga Horned Frog (Ceratophrys joazeirensis) from Brazil. Its the only member of the Horned Frog genus that lives in the Caatina biome, characterized by xeric shrublands and thorn forests 📸 Lucas Botelho learn more at buff.ly/79nXoiM
The Hurter's Spadefoot Toad 🐸 lives in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mexico. Metamorphosis happens quickly for the toad, only taking 2 weeks. 📸 Will Richardson learn more at buff.ly/grQaiOe
The Tarahumara Frog lives / lived montane canyons of southern Arizona and down into Mexico. It is believed to be extinct in the US due to Chytrid Fungus, a deadly fungal pathogen. 📸 Jim Rorabaugh learn more at buff.ly/LCJb870
The Frog of the Week is the Northern Snapping Frog (Cyclorana australis) from Australia. During the dry season, the frog burrows underground and makes a cocoon around its body to help it survive. 📸 Nick Strachov learn more at buff.ly/7DZHsmO
Texas Toast or Texas Toad (Anaxyrus speciosus) ??? 📸 Kevin Young discover more about the species at buff.ly/COnY6D1