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8. Proboscis Monkey. There aren't many noses in the animal kingdom worse than this one. The thing the proboscis monkey is saddled with is humiliating, like something you'd see in a funhouse mirror.
In the late 1960s, an expedition led by Jacques Cousteau reported Titicaca water frogs up to 60 cm (2 ft) in outstretched length and 1 kg (2.2 lb) in weight, [11] [12] [13] making these some of the largest exclusively aquatic frogs in the world (the exclusively aquatic Lake Junin frog can grow larger, as can the helmeted water toad and African goliath frog that sometimes can be seen on land). [14]
Oophaga is a genus of poison-dart frogs containing twelve species, many of which were formerly placed in the genus Dendrobates. [1] The frogs are distributed in Central and South America, from Nicaragua south through the El Chocó to northern Ecuador (at elevations below 1,200 m (3,900 ft)).
Breviceps fuscus is a burrowing frog, and can be found in tunnels up to 150 mm deep or among vegetation up to about 30 cm above the ground, and it generally prefers to avoid water. [3] The frog generally spends most of its time underground as it does not require open water and is primarily nocturnal . [ 9 ]
The population of the mountain chicken frog, once abundant in the Caribbean, has dropped by over 99% in 20 years due to a deadly fungal disease. Giant chicken frog faces extinction due to a deadly ...
"The 11 mm flowers of this orchid are small, brown and rather ugly," Kew said in its list of the top 10 discoveries of the year. 'World's ugliest orchid' among new species named in 2020 Skip to ...
Craugastor sabrinus, also known as the long-legged streamfrog, is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. [1] [3] It is found in Belize and eastern Guatemala.[1] [3] The specific name sabrinus is derived from the Latin sabrina, meaning "river nymph", and alludes to the stream-side habitat of this species.
Common prey at this time may consist of fish, frogs, insects, eggs, small mammals and reptiles such as crocodile hatchlings and eggs, [10] lizards and snakes. [15] Though known to eat putrid and seemingly inedible foods, these storks may sometimes wash food in water to remove soil.