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Marbled balloon frog

Uperodon systoma

Description:

this frogs can defend themselves by sucking air into their lungs and blowing up their bodies to make them look bigger than they are ...

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Marbled Balloon Frog
Uperodon systoma CalPhotos


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12 Comments

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Thank you SatyenM !!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Lovely!

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Thank you KrantiAzad !!

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

awesome !

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

@bayucca !! Yes my friend ...

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Thank you Maria dB !!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Welcome! So, we are 2 froggy friends which need some assistance from outside to get the definitive ID of this balloony frog ;-)...

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

@bayucca !! I am not well with frogs ..just followed your suggestions, Thanks a lot for the ID and the Interest you shown .. Thank you :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Great capture, Arun!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Indian frogs are not my daily business, so I am not 100% sure. There is also Uperodon globulosus, which looks similar. Take it as a hint for verification.
Correct ID?
http://raxacollective.wordpress.com/2012...
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/wa...

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Thank you YukoChartraw !!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

How interesting! Nice spot!

Arun
Spotted by
Arun

Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Nov 24, 2012
Submitted on Feb 10, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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