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Smoky Jungle Frog

Leptodactylus pentadactylus

Description:

A very large nocturnal frog. Due to its size, it eats a wide variety of animal prey including mammals, small birds, snakes, lizards, other frogs, and large arthropods.

Habitat:

Midland rainforest

Notes:

Found in the middle of a road while road cruising during a rainstorm.

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33 Comments (1–25)

Hunter Hebenstreit
Hunter Hebenstreit 11 years ago

Thank you!

Nice looking frog or Sapo.

Voddy
Voddy 11 years ago

Wow great spotting congrats :D !!

Hunter Hebenstreit
Hunter Hebenstreit 11 years ago

Thank you all. :)

nexttogone
nexttogone 11 years ago

I didn't know that frogs could be so vicious. A late congrats too on such a cool find!

FrancisQuintana
FrancisQuintana 11 years ago

Cool...

Hunter Hebenstreit
Hunter Hebenstreit 11 years ago

Wow, exciting! Thank you for letting me know.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Hunter, this spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3133882...

Hunter Hebenstreit
Hunter Hebenstreit 11 years ago

Thanks all of you!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Oh my goodness...huge! I would love to see one in situ. Thanks for sharing.

Hunter Hebenstreit
Hunter Hebenstreit 11 years ago

Ceherzog: He was probably at least 6 inches long!! One of the largest frogs I've ever seen!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Excellent! Just how large is he?

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Awesome. Congratulations!

Jellyfishnebula
Jellyfishnebula 11 years ago

Wow! Cool!

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 years ago

Congrats on your spotting of the day young man, I certainly hope your passion for wildlife and photography continues to grow, in the years to come. I look forward to seeing more of your spottings. Thanks for sharing it with all of us here.

bbprevas
bbprevas 11 years ago

great photo

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome spot!
Congratulations Hunter!

DeepankshiChittora
DeepankshiChittora 11 years ago

superb click....

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 11 years ago

Impressive frog!

Pino
Pino 11 years ago

coool !

surekha
surekha 11 years ago

Wonderful spotting! Congrats!

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Congrats on your well-earned SOTD!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

wow cool Congrats!

Hunter Hebenstreit
Hunter Hebenstreit 11 years ago

Thank you!! I'm looking forward to sharing more sightings like this in the future!

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Jul 17, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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