today’s funky frog of the day: the valdivia spiny-chest frog (Alsodes valdiviensis)!!!! they’re endemic to chile and live in forests. they do not have a tympanum, or external ear!
today’s funky frog of the day is the corrugated water frog (Lankanectes corrogatus)!! these beasts inabit slow-moving sri lankan rivers. they also have soulful and somewhat pathetic eyes, which i think is noteworthy.
today's funky frog of the day is the tukeit hill frog (Allophryne ruthveni)!!!! this frog family looks similar to tree frogs. this was originally the only described species in the family, but now there are two others! they live in south america.
today's funky frog of the day is the lovely leaf frog (Phyllomedusa venusta), a creature just as delightful as his name suggests! they live in columbia and panama and are quite green.
Solomon island leaf frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri)
Photographer: Matthijs Kuijpers
Source: mymodernmet.com
today's funky frog of the day is Telmatobius gigas!!! unfortunately, these frogs are vulnerable to pollution and are currently listed as critically endangered. they live exclusively in the huayllamarca river in bolivia!
today's flat frog of the day is Ueno's Brown Frog (Rana uenoi)!!!! they're a member of the pond frog family.
today's funky frog of the day: the Nelliyampathi dancing frog (Micrixalus nelliyampathi)!!!!! a member of the dancing frog family, these beasts are native to india's western ghats.
today's funky frog of the day is the green frog (Lithobates clamitans) - this stunning example is a blue morph, caused by a lack of yellow pigment in the skin! this is one of the most common frogs in eastern north america, and show some diversity in their coloration, although usually not as intensely blue as this fellow.
photo by Ken Potter - check out the rest of the photos of this frog that the user uploaded, they're gorgeous!
today's sleepy frog of the day is the white lined leaf frog (Phyllomedusa vaillantii)! he's having a lovely nap.
today's funky frog of the day is Probreviceps loveridgei; Loveridge's forest frog!!! these endangered amphibians live in small portions of tanzania. they're also known as loveridge's big-fingered frog!
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Date: september 26th, 2022
today's funky frog of the day: the garlic toad (Pelobates fuscus)!!!!!!!!! they're also known as the spadefoot toad. their skin coloration and pattern can vary based on where they're located - their habitat is quite extensive, ranging from western asia to central europe! also, they have soulful eyes.
today's funky frog of the day: the triad tree frog (Leptopelis argenteus)!!!! they're also known as the silvery tree frog and they live in kenya, tanzania, malawi, zimbabwe, and mozambique. they're sometimes kept as pets!
today's funky frog of the day: the bornean flat-headed frog (Barbourula kalimantanensis)!!!!!!!!! they're otherwise known as the kalimantan jungle toad! this is one of those frogs where their name aptly describes them - they're so flat because they don't develop lungs after being tadpoles! breathing in this species takes place entirely through the skin.
today's funky frog of the day: the rio faisanes stubfoot toad (Atelopus coynei)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! endemic to ecuador and also unfortunately critically endangered, this frog is Looking Right At You! they were thought to be extinct for many years.
today's funky frog of the day: merlin's dwarf gray frog (Pseudhymenochirus merlini)!!!!!!!!! this glorious and quite little guy is monotypic within their genius, meaning they're the only Pseudhymenochirus species. they are common within their habitat of sierra leone, guinea-bissau, and guinea.
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Pakistan is just one of many countries who will be—who are being—disproportionately affected by climate change. We need international solidarity and we need radical change. Climate change is here, it is happening, it has been happening. The developed world owes developing countries on a moral level; corporations have bloody hands; the neoliberal economic order has stricken us with debts that are choking us; and through it all, we must—cruelly—battle for air against so many other people and causes who deserve equal attention, equal outrage, equal concern. That is not the world we deserve. That is not the world that will save us from climate change. We need to reimagine what a just world will look like. We need to build global, truly global, solidarity. And in the meantime, we need reparations.
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today's funky frog of the day: carruther's rain frog (Breviceps carruthersi)!!!!! they are impressively spherical. endemic to south africa, these frogs are uncommon to see in their habitat as they are nocturnal! also, did i mention that they are round? it's very important.