Unique Facts about Frogs

Those are the Unique Facts about Frogs that you need to know:

Flying Frog

Rhacophorus

Unique Facts about Frogs

Not many people know that the frogs were able to fly, flying frogs (Rhacophorus) are living on trees, Old World rhacophorids, they can glide 12-15 meters (40-50 feet) with a kind of parachute extending between the fingers. They survive by changing the color itself together with its environment. They spend most of their time hanging in trees and eat at night.

Biggest Frog

Conraua Goliath

Conraua Goliath the biggest frog

The biggest frog is a frog type of Goliath (Conraua goliath). They come from Cameroon in West Africa. Their bodies can reach sizes of nearly one foot (30 cm) long, their feet were also 30 cm; The Goliath Conraua weighs about 3.3 kilograms. Goliath frog can live up to 15 frogs years.Goliath mostly eat crabs, but will also eat insects and small frogs. This frog has acute hearing.

Frogs do not drink

Frogs do not drink, but absorb water from their environment through their skin (by osmosis). Frogs do not usually swallow water like we do. Instead they absorb most of the moisture they need through their skin, not only that, but also as a forum for frogs to get extra oxygen (in addition to what they get from their lungs) from the water by absorbing through their skin. Because frogs get oxygen through their skin when it’s humid, they should take care of their skin.

Sometimes you will find the frogs are slippery. This is because the frog skin mucus that helps keep moist. Even with smooth skin, these frogs need to live near water. Toads on the other hand has a hard skin that does not dry quickly, so they can live far from water.

Frog split in two

Many fantastic technique created by the frog to deceive predators, they emerged with the body as if split in two by the bottom line is confusing scenter predators from above by breaking up the outline form of “frog” to make it look like something berbeda.Dengan this way, frogs or toads can more easily blend in with its surroundings.

Toxic Toads

Unique Facts about Frogs: Golden Arrow

Golden arrow frog is most poisonous frog on earth and the skin of this frog could kill up to 1,000 people, this frog is probably the most poisonous animal on earth. Length 2 inches (5cm) golden arrow poison frog has enough poison to kill 10 adult humans or 20,000 mice. With only 2 micrograms of lethal toxin capable of killing a human or other large mammals.