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Rain of flightless animals and things has been reported throughout history. [1] In the first century AD, Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder documented storms of frogs and fish. [4] In 1794, French soldiers saw toads fall from the sky during heavy rain at Lalain, near the French city of Lille. [5]
At the end of the film, frogs rain from the sky. Throughout the film, there are references to the Book of Exodus 8:2 "And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs." The film has an underlying theme of unexplained events, taken from the 1920s and 1930s works of Charles Fort.
Brevicipitidae or rain frogs is a small family of frogs found in eastern and southern Africa.As of 2020 contains 37 species in 5 genera. [1] [2] Formerly included as subfamily in Microhylidae (narrow-mouth frogs), phylogenetic research has indicated the brevicipitine frogs should be considered as a family with Hemisotidae (shovelnose frogs) as the most closely related sister taxon.
Breviceps poweri, the Power's rain frog or Power's short-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae.It is found in northeastern Angola east through Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Katanga Province), and Malawi, to western Mozambique and northeastern Zimbabwe; [2] possibly in Namibia. [1]
Breviceps adspersus, also known as common rain frog, bushveld rain frog, and many other vernacular names, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. [2] It is found in Southern Africa , in Angola , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Namibia , Botswana , Zambia , Zimbabwe , South Africa , Eswatini , and Mozambique .
14th episode of the 2nd season of The X-Files "Die Hand Die Verletzt" The X-Files episode Mrs. Paddock in the episode's climactic revelation. Episode no. Season 2 Episode 14 Directed by Kim Manners Written by Glen Morgan James Wong Production code 2X14 Original air date January 27, 1995 (1995-01-27) Running time 45 minutes Guest appearances Dan Butler as Jim Ausbury Susan Blommaert as Phyllis ...
The genus Breviceps consists of 20 species, of which most occur in southern Africa. There are five species found in the Western Cape, B. gibbosus, B. fuscus (black rain frog), B. rosei (Rose's rain frog), B. montanus (mountain rain frog) and B. acutirostris (strawberry rain frog).
The Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frogs were almost wiped out of Yosemite National Park. But these scientists mounted a wildlife comeback.