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The goliath frog (Conraua goliath), otherwise known commonly as the giant slippery frog and the goliath bullfrog, is a species of frog in the family Conrauidae. 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]
The world's largest frog is the goliath frog of West Africa—it can grow to 15 inches (38 centimeters) and weigh up to 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms). One of the smallest is the Cuban tree toad, which ...
Aromobates nocturnus, the skunk frog, is a species of critically endangered [2] frog endemic to Trujillo State in Venezuela. [3] It is an extremely rare frog, and no sightings have been recorded since the original description in the early 1990s.
Centrolene prosoblepon is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae, commonly known as the emerald glass frog or Nicaragua giant glass frog. This species can be found in Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. [1] [2] Its natural habitats are lowland tropical forests and montane cloud forests. It is a nocturnal ...
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 .
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]
The white-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is the world's largest tree frog (the Cuban tree frog reaches a similar maximum size) and is found in Australia. Other common names include the New Guinea treefrog, giant tree frog, and Australian giant treefrog. [4]
Sachatamia ilex is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae.It is found in eastern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, western Colombia (Pacific lowlands and the Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental), and western Ecuador.