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Meet the desert rain frog (Breviceps macrops), a tiny amphibian native to the coastal dunes of Namibia and South Africa, ...
PORT NOLLOTH, South Africa - A wildlife photographer's footage of a desert rain frog has gone viral on the Internet. Video of the nocturnal amphibian's defensive cry has caused viewers to dub the ...
Frogs and toads make up the largest group of amphibians. However, a lot of people are not aware of a Desert Rain Frog. The species, which is mostly found in Namibia and South Africa, is on a ...
One of the cutest butts in the natural world undoubtedly belongs to the desert rain frog. It’s small, saggy, and looks like Hank Hill‘s bottom in “King of the Hill.” There’s just ...
This isn't the first time that a rain frog has gone viral. In 2013, a desert rain frog was dubbed the world's cutest frog in a viral video that was viewed more than 22 million times. Here's a ...
Outback rain ... frogs to the surface The frogs can spend months or years underground, waiting for the perfect conditions You would look grumpy too if you were a frog in the desert While ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s called a desert rain frog and has ...
If a frog’s scream attracts a cat, dog, or other large animal, it can escape while the two predators duke it out. For such a small amphibian, desert rain frogs are smarter than most give them ...
"It's a pretty rare opportunity for a desert ecologist to be able to say that they're going out 'frogging'," Dr West said. It is not just the frogs that have reappeared after the rain. Dr West ...
Get a little rain in a desert, and all sorts of things can happen - like frogs. In our series "Sounds Wild", NPR is collecting the voices of animals. Today we've got a mob of frogs recorded in the ...