Waxy Monkey Frog
- Wide distribution in South America from southeast Bolivia, northwest Argentina and Paraguay
- Secrete a waxy coating to prevent their skin from drying out in dry climates
- They have long limbs, hence the name “monkey”
- Commonly used by native peoples for medicinal and hallucinatory aspects of the skin secretions
- Females lay eggs on vegetation overhanging water. The tadpoles hatch and drop into the water below. Tadpoles metamorphose in 35 to 70 days depending on food and temperature
Video of this intriguing frog putting on its special “sunscreen”
I do not own these images or this video
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day I discovered that...exists (from here, more specifically).
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that’s one weird frog.
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Had a staring competition with one of these the other day. I lost.
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