UPDATE: Looks like Julia, Silena, and bats have all identified this frog as Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, or the purple frog from India. Thanks all!
Apr 12, 2007
Need to Narrow It Down
Chrissie sent me this photo, and I need some herpatology help. What is this glistening, bloated frog? There are roughly 4,740 species of frog in the world, so I'd have a hard time narrowing it down.
UPDATE: Looks like Julia, Silena, and bats have all identified this frog as Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, or the purple frog from India. Thanks all!
UPDATE: Looks like Julia, Silena, and bats have all identified this frog as Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, or the purple frog from India. Thanks all!
Looks like Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis to me, a species discovered recently in India.
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest looking frog I've ever seen!!!
ReplyDeleteI sneezed one time and one of those totally came out my nose!
ReplyDeleteLooks like one of those old 40s Chryslers, or maybe something British.
ReplyDeleteFrugly.
ReplyDeleteSolo! Hay lapa no ya, Solo! [/Jabba the Hutt] :D
ReplyDeleteIts face looks like a melted Cabbage Patch doll!
ReplyDelete--TwoDragons
I think Julia's hit the nail on the head (or the frog on the nose). Googling the scientific name comes up with several photos that show a frog very similar to this. It is also known as a "purple frog." One site describes it: "The blackish-purple living fossil looks like a bloated doughnut with stubby legs and a pointy snout."
ReplyDeleteNever seen a pointy-snouted frog before (which is pretty much what the generic name means). I wonder how you say "doughnut" in Greek.
Damn, that's ugly.
My roomate's pet frog looked like that just before it died. Bloating can be a real b*tch for an amphibian that takes water-retention to a whole new level.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that's the healthy look for this primative frogeh.
oh, and this is TOTALLY crying for a "Separated at Birth" celeb-shot. Any ideas? I'm thinking of a certain cigar-smoking conservative radio mouth-piece?
ReplyDeleteLove the jabba comment!
ReplyDeleteThat is the oddest face I've ever seen on a frog.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything like this!