Amphibiuary 2024 Day 3: Round
I didn't have much time to work on the challenge today, so this is simply a delightfully spherical Purple/Pignose frog (yes I am now reading the prompt list correctly fnfnf)
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i can't stop thinking about purple frogs
just look at these unfortunate critters
they're so fucking ugly
there is not a single angle that makes them look good
i love them so much
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I just discovered THE PIGNOSED FROG and...
...sometimes I gotta ask Nature....What? How? And Why?
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little guys who are so shaped:
Golden mole
Silky anteater
Dugong
Chinchilla
Common tenrec
Pignose frog
Chevrotain
Tarsier
Malayan tapir
Baluchistan pygmy jerboa
Black rain frog
Manul
Gaboon viper
Bilby
Elephant shrew
Calugo
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat
Guinea pig
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pignosefrogic:
a gender that is connected to pignose frogs/ indian purple frogs !! coined by me :)
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today’s funky frog of the day is: nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis! commonly known as the purple frog or the pignose frog, they are endemic to india. they are usually a dark purplish-gray color, and they grow to be about 7 centimeters long in length. these frogs have an unusual call, resembling the sound of a chicken clucking. their flat bodies allow them to cling to rocks and boulders, ensuring they aren’t swept away by the current from the stream banks they live on. they spend most of their lives underground and surface only during the monsoon, for a period of two weeks, for mating. males emerge to call beside temporary rainwater streams, and the female lays up to 3,000 eggs.
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:)
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Indian Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis)
also known as the pignose frog or simply the purple frog, these fellows live in the western ghats in india and were only recently formally described in 2003. they have been evolving independently for 100 million years, which is why they appear so different! they’re a burrowing species, and only come up once a year to breed. they’re currently listed as endangered due to being overeaten by locals :[
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The purple frog is also known as the Indian purple frog, or the pignose frog (for reasons seen in the first image). While its tadpole has been known to western scientists since the early 20th century, the adult frog was only officially described in 2003 (though it as well-known to the local population).
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What in the world is this? It’s an Indian purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis). The adults are so reclusive that they were only discovered in 2003. Weird and wonderful, yes?
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you KNOW i use my proboscis to feed on my favorite snack ,,,,,, t er m it e s !!!
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Miss you!! just wanted to say hello <3
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I love the frogs! They make every day a bit better. Do you think you could draw a purple/pignose frog? I like their little noses.
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i love them so much
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