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Frogs and toads make up the largest group of amphibians. However, a lot of people are not aware of a Desert Rain Frog. The species, which is mostly found in Namibia and South Africa, is on a ...
One of the cutest butts in the natural world undoubtedly belongs to the desert rain frog. It’s small, saggy, and looks like Hank Hill‘s bottom in “King of the Hill.” There’s just ...
There are about 6,800 species of frogs and toads. Among those species are the cute — such as the desert rain frog, which had a brief brush with Internet fame thanks to its adorable squeaks ...
Get a little rain in a desert, and all sorts of things can happen - like frogs. In our series "Sounds Wild", NPR is collecting the voices of animals. Today we've got a mob of frogs recorded in the ...
And with the summer rain comes Cecil Schwalbe, the frog man of the desert. "To a biologist, this is mecca, this is heaven," says Schwalbe, a herpetologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.