The Curious Compendium 2023 Tour Finale: Griffons!

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Red-eyed tree frogs!
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Frogs have developed lots of creative ways to communicate, but male red-eyed tree frogs will shake their bodies to create vibrations that travel up to 2 meters on whatever foliage they are on. This will communicate to other males that this territory is taken and to move on.

Thank you Andreas. :)

More tree frogs!
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Probably unsurprisingly, the Amazon milk frog is named because it can secrete a milk like substance from its skin; this is used as a defense mechanism as it is toxic to many animals!

These last two make a milkshake. Frogs are really cool creatures.

Many lovely frogs

Nice fogs again Paige

What is the Big Red-eyed tree frog on the left corner ?

And the frog on the pic below please ?

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The giant red-eye (orange-eyed?) tree frog is Blip Toys/Natured Wonders HD.

The circled frog Is unmarked if I remember correctly.

Thanks everyone!

Narrow-mouthed frogs!

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For corroboree frogs it was so hard to pick facts... but these are the ones I found most interesting. For one they do not have webbed toes like nearly all other frogs. And two, it is believed that they can produce their poisonous alkaloids on their OWN rather from their diet like other poisonous frogs! Further, they are critically endangered due to a number of factors like chytrid fungus, habitat loss, invasive plants, etc.

Would you agree to make a pic of the Blip toys Red-eyed tree frog for TAW ?

I am always happy to! I will try to do that this weekend.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

I am always happy to! I will try to do that this weekend.

You have a army of frogs

I do Which is a bit interesting given this is the group I think I know the least about (besides invertebrates!). Anyway, I have something like 10 more frog portraits to share so... we've got frogs for a while yet.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

I do Which is a bit interesting given this is the group I think I know the least about (besides invertebrates!). Anyway, I have something like 10 more frog portraits to share so... we've got frogs for a while yet.

Great

More mixed frogs! Mantellidae!
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They are distant relatives of the dart frogs, and upon first discovery many mantella frogs were thought to be poison dart frogs. Some species do have toxins just like PDFs, but others mimic the poisonous advertising colors to avoid predation.

Very lovely frog figures, especially that multi colored mantella. :)

So many wonderful frogs! The colorata set has been on my wishlist for so long

Thank you everyone!

American Bullfrogs!
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These guys surprised me with their longevity; they can live up to 6-8 years in the wild! They also, as you might have guessed, excellent jumpers. They can jump 6 feet/2 meters, or about 10 times their own body length!

Nice frogs again Paige

Since childhood, due to my old habit of eating very quickly, I have always heard that I should chew my food well to gain years of life. I bet these people have never seen an American bullfrog eating.
I have the huge Incredible Creatures one and I love it so much.