Common big-headed frog facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Common big-headed frog |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Oreobates |
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O. quixensis
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| Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
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The Oreobates quixensis, also called the common big-headed frog, is a type of frog. It is part of the Strabomantidae family. This frog lives in the upper Amazon Basin. You can find it in countries like Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is a very common frog that lives on land. It prefers both old, untouched forests and newer forests. You might also spot it in open areas or banana groves.
What Does It Look Like?
Oreobates quixensis frogs are quite large for their group. Adult frogs can be about 35 to 63 millimeters long. This measurement is from their snout (nose) to their vent (bottom). Their head is big and wider than it is long. They have a short snout.
Their back can be light brown to dark brown. Sometimes it has purple colors and cream-colored spots. Their skin feels bumpy. It has small, round bumps and some larger, raised bumps called warts.
How Do They Have Babies?
These frogs reproduce using something called "direct development." This means that when the eggs hatch, tiny froglets come out. They look like small versions of the adult frogs. They do not go through a tadpole stage in the water. Female frogs that are ready to lay eggs can have between 15 and 51 eggs inside them.
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