Male Gharial - photo by Charles J Sharp Common Name: Gharial, Gavial, and Fish-eating CrocodileScientific Name: Gavialis gangeticusFamily: Gavialidae - Gharial familyLocations: Bangladesh, India, and NepalFemale Size: 8.5 feet (2.6 meters) - 14.75 feet (4.5 meters)Male Size: 10 feet (3 meters) - 20 feet (6 meters) The Gharial is known for their long, narrow snout that… Continue reading Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
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Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
photo by flickr user fvanrenterghem Common Name: Saltwater Crocodile or SaltiesScientific Name: Crocodylus porosusFamily: Crocodylidae - Crocodile familyLocations: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, and VietnamSize: 17 - 23 feet (5.1 - 7 meters) The Saltwater Crocodile is the… Continue reading Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
CROCtober
Welcome to CROCtober, the annual celebrations of all things crocodilian, the animal group - not the shoes, during October. The term Crocodilians includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials. These creatures are often misunderstood as furious, killing machines but there's more to them than that. Crocodilians are one of the most endangered group of animals on… Continue reading CROCtober
Cape Platanna (Xenopus gilli)
photo by flickr user Chris Verwey Common Name: Cape Platanna, Gill’s Plantanna, and Cape Clawed ToadScientific Name: Xenopus gilliFamily: Pipidae - Tongueless Frog familyLocations: South AfricaSize: 2.3 inches (60 mm) The Cape Platanna is an aquatic frog that inhabits the highly acidic seepages, marshes, ponds, and lakes of coastal South Africa. These waterbodies are dark… Continue reading Cape Platanna (Xenopus gilli)
Holy Cross Frog (Notaden bennettii)
photo by wikiuser Tnarg 12345 Common Name: Holy Cross Frog, Crucifix Frog, and Crucifix ToadScientific Name: Notaden bennettiiFamily: Myobatrachidae - Australian Ground Frog familyLocations: AustraliaSize: 2.7 inches (6.8 cm) The Holy Cross Frog is a fossorial species of frog found in the  black soil plains and semi-arid grassland regions of western New South Wales and… Continue reading Holy Cross Frog (Notaden bennettii)
2 New Species of Waterdogs
The Waterdogs are fully aquatic species of salamanders that are paedomorphic. This means that they retain their larval characteristics (gills, etc) throughout their life. They are often mysterious, often living at the bottom of drainages, ponds, and lakes. Researchers, Craig Guyer, Christopher M. Murray, Henry Bart, Brian I. Crother, Ryan E. Chabarria, Mark A. Bailey,… Continue reading 2 New Species of Waterdogs
Paradoxical Frog (Pseudis paradoxa)
photo by Hans Hillewaert Common Name: Paradoxical Frog, Paradox Frog, Shrinking FrogScientific Name: Pseudis paradoxaFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog FamilyLocations: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and VenezuelaSize: 1.7 - 3 inches (45 - 75 mm) The Paradoxical Frog is named after a strange phenomenon during their metamorphosis.… Continue reading Paradoxical Frog (Pseudis paradoxa)
Magdalena Giant Glass Frog (Ikakogi tayrona)
photo from Marco Rada, Pedro Henrique Dos Santos Dias, José Luis Pérez-Gonzalez, Marvin Anganoy-Criollo, Luis Alberto Rueda-Solano, MarÃa Alejandra Pinto-E, Lilia MejÃa Quintero, Fernando Vargas-Salinas, and Taran Grant Common Name: Magdalena Giant Glass FrogScientific Name: Ikakogi tayronaFamily: Centrolenidae - Glass Frog familyLocations: ColombiaSize: 1.2 inches (28 mm) The Magdalena Giant Glass Frog is found in… Continue reading Magdalena Giant Glass Frog (Ikakogi tayrona)
Crab-eating Frog (Fejervarya cancrivora)
photo by W.A. Djatmiko Common Name: Crab-eating Frog, Mangrove Frog, Asian Brackish Frog, and Crab-eating GrassfrogScientific Name: Fejervarya cancrivoraFamily: Dicroglossidae - Forked Tongued Frog familyLocations: Â Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Introduced Locations: Guam and Papua New GuineaSize: 3.1 inches (80 mm) for females, 2.75 inches (70 mm) for males… Continue reading Crab-eating Frog (Fejervarya cancrivora)
Hurter’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus hurterii)
photo by Zack Bittner Common Name: Hurter's Spadefoot ToadScientific Name: Scaphiopus hurteriiFamily: Scaphiopodidae - American Spadefoot Toad familyLocations: United States and MexicoUS Locations: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and OklahomaSize: 1.75 - 3.25 inches (4.4 - 8.3 cm) The Hurter's Spadefoot Toad is named after naturalist Julius Hurter, former curator of the St. Louis Academy of Science.… Continue reading Hurter’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus hurterii)