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And again, good day everyone!) I'm Yuji, and I continue to review the games of our (at least my) childhood. If you are still a young man and there are no other consoles for you other than ps3 and X-box, or you are an ardent supporter of the PC lifestyle - Welcome (no outsiders allowed) to the world of mega blockbusters of the 90s and early 20s.

Today we will talk about great heroes who were the most underrated characters in the gaming industry. Battle Toads (English - battletoads - which is much more pleasant and familiar to us to hear). Of course, many of us are familiar with these heroes from the game of the same name on Dendy and the famous crossover Battletoads and Double Dragon. Oh, these magnificent hours spent in front of the long-suffering set-top box and the old TV, when it seemed that the world did not exist - just you and her... So beloved, so close... My old set-top box... There are already tears in my eyes as I remember how many nerves were invested in this small box ="(So. I deviated (wipe away your tears and pick up your snot, puppy).

Battletoads really appeared first on the Dendy console, and then they tried to squeeze all the juice out of it, but... but everything is in order. So, welcome! Our Heroes:

Rash - Rash - The first toad in the village. It seems that Rash is the leader of the invincible three, a sort of main character in the toad's adventures, because he looks like a real leader. He wears black glasses (blatota), leather gloves and spiked armlets (wristbands? I don't understand this). The most apparently badass turtle (because appearance is a must). Our toads also have real names for their human nature. Rash - Dave Ball. Color - Green.

Zitz - Zitz (what a name) - The head of the team, a sort of Donatello in toad skin. It seems to be perfect for the role of leader in a team, but you know, in different games, comics, and even one cartoon series (yes, more on that later), toads are different in clothing, color, and intelligence. So Zitz is a strategist, the mind and conscience of the team, but his appearance in games is much less common than Rash. I didn’t find out about him right away, considering that there were only two toads. The color is Dark Green (brown? You’ll understand why later). Real name: Morgan Ziegler.

Pimple - Pimple - The muscles of the team. Power in its purest form, straight up the Hulk of the toad world. He prefers a good, tasty and simply bloody (do toads have blood? Right? Otherwise, I don’t know) fight to all the conversations, tricks and mental work. If the enemy has an army, our toads will answer them with Pimple. A good bro in the midst of a fight, but Pimple doesn’t even think about developing plans or flexible work. Well, that’s right - there’s no point in a tank having brains. Real name: George Pye. Brown color.

Game number One.

I'm so sad that toads were created to outshine the notorious ninja turtles, but apparently our tongue-tied friends (fairies) arrived on the scene too late to overcome their armored brothers. But they're still great -_-

The first appearance of the Battle Toads took place, as mentioned earlier, on the Nes gaming platform in 1991 (from the birth of Christ, amen). Whether the players immediately fell in love with the game or not, I don’t know, but it really became one of the best games for me as soon as it fell into my tenacious hands. The game pleasantly surprised with its far from bad graphics and, of course, simply hurricane gameplay.

A brief history of what is happening: Pimple is kidnapped by a certain Black Queen and...

Oh yes! I completely forgot, meet: T - Bird or T-Bird - mentor of fighting toads.

So this howl sends birds on an operation to rescue Tank - the toad of our heroes Rash and Zitz (Zitz, why the hell are you crooked here?!), or if you are For.Alone (like me) and play alone in this beautiful game, then you are given Rash with no options. Although in this game they are no different from each other (only in color. And for some reason Zitz is Brown! Why?!).

So you lower the boat on ropes from the ship to the ball and are immediately attacked by enemies. They are such pigs! Literally by the way.

What is special about this game? Well, firstly, this is a very cool Beat "em up for Nes, and secondly, this is, of course, a fighting style. Street ToadBoy. The thing is that there are different parts of the toad's limbs: the head, fists and legs (well... maybe something else - then, I haven’t checked) they increase in size when we finish off the enemy. Moreover, they increase three to four times! (I wish it were so((()

This is of course not the only feature of this game. It also has many, many different missions: from riding flying bikes to climbing on a metal grate.

The bosses in the game are colorful and impressive. For example:

Big Blag is a huge little rat that sits on your mighty toad shoulders and turns you into the bun's half-brother - a flatbread.

Well, or General Slougher - the general of the army of darkness of the Black Queen. A very aggressive guy. As a child, I was afraid of this guy, and not all those old jokes.

The game contains humor, action, and racing. In general, whatever your heart desires. Our toads even restore their health in an unusual way (well, in the usual sense for toads) - by eating fatty flies. It was just a thrill, not a game for that time.

Game number two.

It came out in '93 and immediately captured the hearts of callous critics and all-consuming gamers. The game now has a choice of fighters: Pimple, Rash, Zitz and... Billy and Jimi - Heroes of the Double Dragon games. Even on the Nes there were crossovers! So much for you, major modern children! We played cool games.

The game engine was no different from the previous version. Gameplay too. But we could kick the horns of rats - enemies and bulls - bosses with the help of two friendly people. And this is of course H-O-R-O-S-O. After all, we so lack variety in these modern toys (because we’re greedy). Some bosses have been carried over from previous games. There are motorbikes and means of hitting mutant enemies on the head. And how nicely the toads drive their enemies into the ground - you look and the eye rejoices)

The game, like the previous one, is very difficult. Not every dragon or toad will reach the end. But perhaps this is the highlight of the toy itself.

Battle Toads appeared on both Mega Drive and Snes. On Drive, the game was practically no different in gameplay from the Nes version. Of course the graphics were much neater. 16 bit after all.

But a very interesting game came out on Snes.

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs - was released in 1993 on the Super Nintendo console. In this part, Zitz has already been kidnapped (they do everything in turn, they even apparently keep a special schedule) and the toads are running into battle again. This is in short of course. There is generally a different reality involved, the daughter of the president. The president of the company developing various programs and stuff like that. There's really no need for a plot here. After all, we know what to do after pressing the start button? Is it true? We destroy everything and everyone!

The characters became much more colorful, larger, and the graphics were pleasantly surprising in places.

Here, as befits fighting toads, their body parts did not just increase, but turned into various piercing and hitting objects. For example, Rash's leg turned into a mace, and Pimple's arms turned into huge pieces of rock. Apparently the imagination of the creators simply splashed out in the smoke of the ideas of their creative self-rolling. The game remained brutally difficult, in which even the first level was a challenge.

Well, hardcore gamers - go ahead. Here's your test) The game is very outstanding and all the main points of the original games are in place.

Just recently I learned about another game from the Battle Toads series.

Battletoads released on Slot Machines. Personally, I ran this game on the M.A.M.E emulator. But almost no emulator accepted or launched it, citing a lack of files in the archive. I, in turn, continued to surf the Internet and found an emulator that still launched the game. Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the changes in the game. Apparently this was a reboot of the original game.

Peculiarities:

The graphics are just mmm, peach)

The characters acquired an appearance that distinguished them from each other at the right level.

Now toads can bleed enemies, that is, the game has become much more brutal and thus cooler)))

The humor was increased (Humor*2) (I really liked how the toad grabs the overgrown Chris by the genital organ and happily crushes the balls of this big guy under his funny squeals)

The bosses have become bigger, angrier and the tactics for killing them are more beautiful and varied. And there are more bosses themselves.

The combat frog combo has been increased and improved in appearance. Now killing has become even more fun ^_^

We began to come across more and more all kinds of means of convincing our enemies that they were wrong.

The levels have become more interesting and colorful. We can fly on a rocket pack and shoot from a machine gun)

In general, an excellent game) Unfortunately, it was lost in the wilds of time and few people have heard of it. But you have me (such a good person makes my soul happy! - thank you*)

And lastly.

Subsequently, a several-issue comic was released in the Battletoads universe, but it was just some small and short-lived variety of the world of the Toads. They released the pilot episode of the cartoon of the same name - but it was also frozen.

The fighting toads drowned in the abyss of time, they never made it out into the light of day, and neither films nor new games with cool 3D graphics were made based on them.

Recently another game was released on the OpenBor engine, but this is far from being the same legend...

Still, I believe that these characters could occupy their niche among superheroes on a par with the Turtles, or at least the same Street Sharks. After all, they had everything for this: an origin story, their own tricks, humor, different characters and unusual appearance. Apparently they were still considered clones of the Turtles, which is very unfortunate. But in my heart they will live forever and the hope for their miraculous resurrection will never go out.

Graphics are always on the level.

The plot is always present.

The characters are great and charismatic. My Heroes)

Boevka is unusual, beautiful, energetic.

The design is all at the proper level.

Sound - melodies are good for every game, level and boss.

We play with friends, have fun, remember the past and just enjoy a great game) For those who like difficulties, a good challenge to their skills. For amateurs, this is a great chance to become a pro. Games for everyone, always)

Yuji was with you, good mood to everyone, great game and don’t forget to upvote;) Bye)

The article will answer questions regarding amphibious toads, tell interesting facts about them, what places large toads live on Earth, why toads reach sizes up to 55 cm in length and 25 cm in width, and what types of toads are the largest. If you want to find out what the largest toad in the world is, then let's go!

About toads

Toads are amphibians that belong to the class of tailless amphibians. There are 650 species of toads found in nature, and despite their characteristics as “amphibians,” toads live in ponds, steppes, and earthen burrows. The distribution area is large, since amphibians can easily survive without liquid for up to 6 months.

Toads are the same frogs, but these relatives have differences:

The size of toads exceeds the size of frogs by 10-15 cm;
The skin of frogs is smooth, moisturized, while in toads, on the contrary, the skin is dry and with tubercles.

The difference between a frog and a toad

The method of reproduction of some frogs and toads is very different, as is the type of eggs. In toads, eggs are deposited in the form of long strings, and in frogs in the form of mucous lumps. The first amphibians are less fertile and are less common in nature.
Frogs have long legs; thanks to the length of their legs (8 cm), frogs jump a distance of 20 cm in one jump. Due to the distance of their jumps, frogs move quickly and get tired slowly. In toads, on the contrary, due to their dense body structure and short jumping legs, moving from place to place takes at least 2 minutes. Movement is difficult for toads and fatigue comes quickly. The toad is tied to its location.

Toads have large parotid conchas, while frogs do not have pronounced parotid conchas.
Toads are tailless when hatching from eggs, while frogs at the juvenile stage are distinguished by the presence of a tail. which mutates into a vertebra 14-20 days after the frog is born. In frogs, the tail is a means of storing nutrients that are involved in the growth process of the amphibian. In toads, the supply of nutrition in the body is provided by the fat layer and fiber.

Among other factors, the dimensions are interesting. If reproduction, cover, structure do not vary greatly, then the dimensions are the opposite.

On average, toads reach 15-20 cm in length and 10 cm in width, but among them there are fry and giants.

Where are giant toads found?

It has already been said that the distribution area of toads is huge. But I think every person is interested in knowing that there are natural and artificial places where large toads live.

Large toads - 15-35 cm - live in tropical forests, taiga swamps, etc. Artificially created areas for the settlement of toads are considered to be: Australia, China and other warm countries.

The distribution zones are large, but the probability of finding, for example, the Agi toad, in the expected areas of its location is small. It is possible to find one individual that will be difficult to catch, but it is impossible to stumble upon a group of toads, because toads gather together only during the mating season of spawning.

Dietary preferences of giant toads

Toads, somewhat cute creatures, but mostly not friendly, are typical predators. You can safely take as the basis of food: butterflies, caterpillars, fish fry, rodents, small similar toads or frogs, lizards.

Toads hunt at night, using infrared vision and developed receptors to look for prey, hide or disguise themselves as plants, and then quickly attack and swallow the prey.

Features of behavior

In Ag, for example, like in green toads, only the father (male toad) is interested in the appearance of offspring and caring for them. To keep the “babies” in proper condition before and after birth, the toad sits in an earthen hole. In the ground at a depth of up to 1 meter, there are just the necessary conditions for the eggs to ripen - dark, damp, warm. The male, having wound ribbons of future tadpoles around his hind legs, awaits hatching.

Toads, small and large, will not give a person any diseases if they come into contact with their cover.
Large toads are helpers in the garden: they quickly exterminate slugs, mosquitoes, small snakes and other annoying pests.

Toads secrete mucus, which contains analgesic and antiseptic components. If a toad is raised at home, then there is likely to be a strong attachment to the one who raised and fed it. A domestic toad will let a person's relatives and friends know that something is wrong with him, and also gives signs to the owner that he is sick. The toad does this by making sounds, rolling and demonstrating refusal of food.

According to the BBC, giant toads are found in the genus of toads - Bufo marinus, otherwise cane toads. Location: tropical forests. In the tropics, temperatures reach 40°C during the day and 15-20°C at night. Temperature resonance is an aid for the ideal circulatory regulation of toads, heat exchange, life and growth.

The sizes of such toads vary from 15 to 25 cm in length, and toads weigh up to 2 kg, occasionally more.

Among such large toads there was a record holder, who was appropriately nicknamed Prince. As of 2017, the toad is no longer alive, so now the Prince is a museum exhibit that is shown to biologists.

The Prince’s weight reached 3 kg, and his length was 54 cm. What is intriguing is that the “specimen” grew not in natural, but artificially created by man conditions. The Prince belonged to the Swedish botanist Haken Forsberg.

Notey: toads that do not grow and live in natural conditions reach a size of 4-17 cm in length, while females are 2-7 cm longer than males in length and width. The male Prince became an exception to the rule.

As for physical and external characteristics, toads, unlike others, have long jumping legs and move quickly. And also their color is surprising in that it looks like a turtle - spotted.

Aga individuals are dangerous to humans, so it is better to avoid meeting them. The danger is expressed in the fact that during a stressful situation, the toad begins to secrete persistent secretion from the parotid glands. The secretion contains bufotoxin, which negatively affects the functioning of the liver, heart and brain. In case of an “unsuccessful meeting” with a toad, a person will experience convulsions, as well as ischemic attacks. Toads spray toxin within a radius of 20-30 cm. They can use poison in large and moderate quantities, and use it more often for protection than to catch the victim in “their nets.”

Ags live up to 12 years or more. They love darkness, warmth and humidity, and are nocturnal. If it is not so easy to recognize a species by color, then the eyes will serve as an assistant, because the pupils of Ag are elongated, resemble a rectangle and are located horizontally.

If in the first place are toads that reach an average of 20 to 30 cm in length, but among them there are rare winners with large parameters, then Blomberg’s toads almost all have sufficient body volume, mass and length.

Since 2007, this species has been declared endangered, however, earlier in the 18th century, when they were not actively exterminated, Blomberg’s individuals were the largest amphibians. The constant size was 25 cm, sometimes more. The toads were notable not only for their size, but also for their color - red in the dorsal region and green on the abdomen. This type stood out from the rest in that it does not have unevenness or flaking on the skin due to dryness. You can still find the toad to this day in the central states of America.

3. Green and brown toads

In third place are toads from the Green and Brown species. The habitat of such amphibians is limited to the center of Europe and southern Russia. Inhabits reservoirs, swamps, peat deposits and silt streams. The toad reaches no more than 20 cm in length, but 15 cm in width.

The toad has an amazing color: on the belly and back the color is either grassy with white stripes, or burgundy without inclusions. The skin, like that of other typical toads, is lumpy and dry. The Zelenka specimen is often encountered, since the toad is widespread throughout the globe due to its unpretentiousness and increased vitality. The species is not dangerous, is easily bred at home, feeds on mosquitoes, ant larvae, spiders and spider eggs.

It is noteworthy that these toads lay eggs in the fall, and not in the summer, since they hibernate during the hot season. They do not tolerate excessive heat, they like cold and dampness. Not at all dangerous to humans.

Summarize

Large toads are bred to control pests; Agi serve as excellent chemical test subjects (they are used to study the poison bufotoxin) and to repel snakes, crocodiles, and water rats.

Toads have mucus, which serves as an excellent disinfectant that soothes redness and heals abrasions and wounds.

The largest frog in the world is Goliath (meter, 3 kilograms)

The first place in the world in size and weight among tailless amphibians (amphibians) is occupied by the goliath frog. Goliath ( Conraua goliath, Rana goliath), Niamoa, Wiamoa is the largest frog in the world today. The world's largest goliath frog reaches a gigantic size of 91 centimeters. Only the body is more than 30 centimeters, not counting the long hind legs. Its hind legs are the size of a man's palm and longer than its front legs. Large specimens weigh more than 3 kilograms, the same as a decent-sized cat. The eyes of the largest frog in the world are slightly smaller than human eyes, and the hip circumference is as big as our wrist.

The world's largest goliath frog weighing 3.66 kg, pulled out of the Cameroonian Sanaga River by Andy Coffman (resident of Seattle, USA).

According to unconfirmed reports, the largest specimen caught in Cameroon weighed almost 6 kilograms. In 1960, a female was caught that weighed 3 kg 306 g. Her body length was 34 cm, and taking into account the outstretched legs, 81.5 cm. In fact, the largest frog in the world was caught in April 1989. Andy Kofman, a resident of Seattle, USA, pulled a goliath frog weighing 3.66 kilograms from the Cameroonian Sanaga River. You see it in the photo below.

The largest frog in the world: established facts

The largest frog in the world jumps 3 meters, covering its prey. The largest frog in the world is so big that it swallows birds, spiders, frogs and toads, small snakes, worms, crayfish, crabs and other living creatures. The remains of small rodents were found in the stomachs of the largest frog in the world. She squeezes the victim with quick movements of her jaws and, helping with her tongue, swallows it whole!

This is the largest frog in the world, an African frog discovered in 1906 in the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni ( Rio Muni). The giant goliath frog is the world's largest representative of 250 species of true frogs. The goliath frog belongs to the order Tailless and is part of the family of true frogs. Studying the ossification of the pectoral girdle of the largest frog in the world today, zoologists placed it in a separate genus Gigantorana, in which there is only one species.

The Goliath frog has existed for about 250 million years and is the only representative of its genus today. They are one of the few still living amphibians that lived on Earth before the dinosaurs. This explains its gigantic size; in those days there was a kingdom of huge trees and insects.

Outwardly, it is very similar to ordinary frogs, only of gigantic size. Moreover, the female is slightly larger than the male. In addition, the male has a larger first toe on his front paws than the female. The skin on the back is wrinkled, like a toad's, greenish-brown-gray. But the abdomen and the inside of the paws, like other frogs, are yellow or almost white. These amphibians can be found to this day in the wilds of West Africa, namely in Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea) and Cameroon.

Where does the largest frog in the world live?

Habitat of the world's largest goliath frog

The most numerous habitat (area) of the largest frog in the world is near the noisy waterfall of the river called Mbia River, Nkongsamba, Western Cameroon. Unlike other frogs that do not disdain swamps, the largest frog in the world loves the water to be clean, like in a well, and well saturated with oxygen. She needs this for better metabolism, because giant jumps take a lot of energy. The Goliath frog loves high humidity and does not tolerate open places and high sun exposure. Her vision and hearing are well developed, her ears are small. The largest frog in the world does not go far from the water, because... begins to lose weight and may even die. She does not drink water; she absorbs it exclusively through her skin. Gas exchange also occurs through the skin.

Adult goliath frogs are very cautious and timid, making it difficult to get close to them. Despite its size, it is not easy to see, much less catch, a frog. Even with the slightest danger, a huge frog, which was sitting motionless, like a sculpture, suddenly disappears - it makes a lightning-fast jump into the water. And after that it is impossible to find her in the waterfall. Only at the beginning of the last century did scientists see the first living specimen of the giant goliath frog.

How the giant goliath frog hunts

The world's largest goliath frog rests on rocks in the river

During the day they hide under water, hide under stones and in rock crevices. The giant amphibian animal comes out in search of food only at night. Young individuals spend most of their time underwater, and old ones sometimes crawl out onto the rocks to bask. The largest frog jumps out onto the shore near the waterfall and leisurely jumps off to look for dinner. Due to its gigantic size, the goliath frog only makes a few jumps. The energy required for such a long jump runs out quickly, after which the goliath, as a rule, rests for a long time.

It is noteworthy that these frogs are not green, but gray. Using their camouflage, they cling to the stones so much that even at close range they cannot be distinguished from the gray surface. And the animal is quite comfortable in its shelter, since water spray brings them an abundance of oxygen. And it is necessary for amphibians for normal skin respiration.

Features of the physiology of the largest frog in the world

The world's largest frog has excellent hearing. But goliath frogs do not have the vocal sac with which frogs croak. However, the giant frogs do make some sounds, but they are almost impossible to hear among the noise of the water. Interestingly, the giant frog has good eyesight and immediately notices everything that moves around at a distance of more than 40 meters. It can remain underwater for up to 15 minutes and is not visible from the shore. It is not surprising that white people only heard about these huge frogs from

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Top 10 Largest Frogs

Frogs are amazing creatures that survive in completely different environments. It is not surprising that many cultures admire frogs, and the Japanese even consider frogs a symbol of good luck. The list of the 10 largest frogs will tell you where to look for the “biggest luck” in the world.

1 Beelzebub the Frog

Now you can only meet this largest frog in the world in a museum. This is a fossil amphibian Beelzebufo ampinga, whose body length was about 40 centimeters in length and weighed up to 4.5 kilograms. Beelzebub the frog had short legs, so it was unlikely that it could jump far. But, like all frogs, its powerful wide mouth was studded with teeth. The giant frog's closest relatives now live in South America.

2 Goliath frog

The body length of the Goliath frog may not allow it to claim the golden pedestal - “only” 32 centimeters. But her jump of 3 meters leaves all competitors far behind. The modern, largest frog in the world lives in Central Africa.

3 Bullfrog

The next largest amphibian is up to 25 centimeters in length and lives in North America. Some individuals reach 3 kilograms in weight. Not a bad “delicacy” for a predator, it seems? However, most often it is the amphibian that wins. Sometimes even baby alligators become victims of the voracious amphibian!

4 Slingshot changeable

Slingshots live exclusively in South America. To its terrifying size (up to 20 centimeters), the frog adds an impressive decoration on its head - horns and a crest. By the way, slingshots are considered modern relatives of the frog Beelzebub, although they have become considerably thinner.

5 Tiger frog

Tiger frogs, in addition to their large size, have an unusually decorative appearance. During the breeding season, males paint swamps across southeast Asia in contrasting yellow and blue colors. Does this stop them from hunting? With such dimensions – up to 17 centimeters – it’s unlikely!

6 Lake frog

In sixth place is our compatriot - the lake frog with a length of up to 17 centimeters. By the way, this is the length of females, but males are much more “modest”.

7 Long-legged litoria

At 10 to 14 centimeters, this beauty is also the largest tree frog in the world. While walking through the virgin forests of Australia, take a closer look at the leaves; perhaps they are not as simple as they seem at first glance.

8 Grass frog

The average grass frog is a cute green amphibian with a body length of 6 to 10 centimeters. This person is a true European, whose range extends from the islands of Britain to the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia. By the way, this is the only frog that lives in Ireland.

9 Purple frog

Its purple relative is only slightly inferior in size: its length is 5-9 centimeters. By the way, in addition to the TOP 10 largest frogs, the purple frog is one of the ten most disgusting creatures on the planet. Most of all, according to the description of witnesses, it looks like a piece of burgundy slime. An impressive proboscis adds to the “attractiveness” of the creature. You can meet this frog in the mountains of Hindustan.

10 Garlic

This is perhaps the most “odorous” amphibian, which can also claim the title of “largest” - but from the end of our list. Frogs of this species emit a pungent garlic odor, by which they can be found in the forest. The body length of an adult frog reaches 8 centimeters. But something else is surprising: their tadpoles, one of the largest in the world, together with their tail can “pull” a whole decimeter!

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Goliath frog - the largest toad in the world, its numbers and habitats

The largest frog in the world lives on the continent of Africa, namely in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Due to its very large size, this animal is called the goliath frog. Local residents affectionately call them “nia-moa,” which means “son.”

All the frogs that we know are not very picky about their habitat; in other words, it doesn’t matter to them whether the water in their favorite body of water is clean or dirty.

Therefore, these amphibians are often found in swamps and even in ordinary puddles. In this, the goliath frog is very different from its smaller counterparts. She with great responsibility approaches the choice of place of residence, she is only interested in reservoirs with crystal clear water of a certain temperature and high oxygen content.

These giant frogs look exactly the same as their smaller counterparts. Most of the skin is dark green with a brownish tint, the belly and underside part of the paws in light colors– off-white or beige-yellowish. The back looks wrinkled. The main difference between the Goliath is its size. Compared to other frogs, they seem simply huge.

The weight of a goliath frog can reach more than three and a half kilograms. Body length is on average ninety centimeters; females are much larger than males. The jump of such a large toad is three meters in length.

Goliath frog - habitats and lifestyle

About toads

Toads are the same frogs, but these relatives have differences:

The size of toads exceeds the size of frogs by 10-15 cm;
The skin of frogs is smooth, moisturized, while in toads, on the contrary, the skin is dry and with tubercles.

The difference between a frog and a toad

The method of reproduction of some frogs and toads is very different, as is the type of eggs. In toads, eggs are deposited in the form of long strings, and in frogs in the form of mucous lumps. The first amphibians are less fertile and are less common in nature.
Frogs have long legs; thanks to the length of their legs (8 cm), frogs jump a distance of 20 cm in one jump. Due to the distance of their jumps, frogs move quickly and get tired slowly. In toads, on the contrary, due to their dense body structure and short jumping legs, moving from place to place takes at least 2 minutes. Movement is difficult for toads and fatigue comes quickly. The toad is tied to its location.

Toads have large parotid conchas, while frogs do not have pronounced parotid conchas.
Toads are tailless when hatching from eggs, while frogs at the juvenile stage are distinguished by the presence of a tail. which mutates into a vertebra 14-20 days after the frog is born. In frogs, the tail is a means of storing nutrients that are involved in the growth process of the amphibian. In toads, the supply of nutrition in the body is provided by the fat layer and fiber.

Among other factors, the dimensions are interesting. If reproduction, cover, structure do not vary greatly, then the dimensions are the opposite.

On average, toads reach 15-20 cm in length and 10 cm in width, but among them there are fry and giants.

Where are giant toads found?

It has already been said that the distribution area of toads is huge. But I think every person is interested in knowing that there are natural and artificial places where large toads live.

Large toads - 15-35 cm - live in tropical forests, taiga swamps, etc. Artificially created areas for the settlement of toads are considered to be: Australia, China and other warm countries.

Dietary preferences of giant toads

Toads hunt at night, using infrared vision and developed receptors to look for prey, hide or disguise themselves as plants, and then quickly attack and swallow the prey.

Features of behavior

In Ag, for example, like in green toads, only the father (male toad) is interested in the appearance of offspring and caring for them. To keep the “babies” in proper condition before and after birth, the toad sits in an earthen hole. In the ground at a depth of up to 1 meter, there are just the necessary conditions for the eggs to ripen - dark, damp, warm. The male, having wound ribbons of future tadpoles around his hind legs, awaits hatching.

Toads, small and large, will not give a person any diseases if they come into contact with their cover.
Large toads are helpers in the garden: they quickly exterminate slugs, mosquitoes, small snakes and other annoying pests.

Toads secrete mucus, which contains analgesic and antiseptic components. If a toad is raised at home, then there is likely to be a strong attachment to the one who raised and fed it. A domestic toad will let a person's relatives and friends know that something is wrong with him, and also gives signs to the owner that he is sick. The toad does this by making sounds, rolling and demonstrating refusal of food.

According to the BBC, giant toads are found in the genus of toads - Bufo marinus, otherwise cane toads. Location: tropical forests. In the tropics, temperatures reach 40°C during the day and 15-20°C at night. Temperature resonance helps for ideal toad circulatory regulation, heat exchange, life and growth.

The sizes of such toads vary from 15 to 25 cm in length, and toads weigh up to 2 kg, occasionally more.

Among such large toads there was a record holder, who was appropriately nicknamed Prince. As of 2017, the toad is no longer alive, so now the Prince is a museum exhibit that is shown to biologists.

As for physical and external characteristics, toads, unlike others, have long jumping legs and move quickly. And also their color is surprising in that it looks like a turtle - spotted.

3. Green and brown toads

Summarize

Large toads are bred to control pests; Agi serve as excellent chemical test subjects (they are used to study the poison bufotoxin) and to repel snakes, crocodiles, and water rats.

Toads have mucus, which serves as an excellent disinfectant that soothes redness and heals abrasions and wounds.

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biggest frog in the world

People are interested in the world of fauna and who and how it is represented. For example, what are its largest and smallest representatives, who lives longer and who eats the most? There is hardly a person who would not be curious to know what the largest frog in the world is, where it lives and what are the features of its life activity. Such a creature is actually present in wildlife, and it is called the goliath frog (Conraua goliath).

Habitat

The largest frog in the world, like many other exotic animals, comes from Africa. More precisely, it lives in its western part, in the tropics of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

The goliath lives exclusively on the banks and under the canopy of river waterfalls. The largest frog in the world is an amphibian creature that needs to constantly maintain a certain temperature of its body (the air temperature in its habitat should not be lower than 22 degrees). Therefore, it is vital for her to always be surrounded by moisture. Goliath avoids open, sunlit places.

When the largest goliath frog is not in the water, it sits on the rocks, blending in with their gray color. In this way she receives protection from her enemies. It seems difficult to cling to stones slippery from the water, but the goliath frog sits quite confidently on them. She is helped in this by special suction pads located on her front fingers. The hind legs, equipped with special membranes, also participate in this process.

Despite its impressive size, the goliath leaps into the water with lightning speed at the slightest sign of danger. It is able to control a territory within 40 meters, and it is quite difficult to get close to an adult goliath. Having jumped into the water, the frog remains there for up to 15 minutes, then again gets out onto land. In this case, the nose and eyes are first shown above the water, and then the surface of the body.

Nutrition

The largest frog in the world eats scorpions, insects, worms, small rodents and birds. She goes hunting at night, briskly jumping out of the water for the prey she likes. It should be noted that a frog's jump can reach 3 meters in length.

Such a “record” costs the frog a lot of energy. Therefore, after a hunt, she needs a lot of time to rest in order to replenish the expended strength.

Reproduction

Females of the largest frog on the planet spawn in the off-season, when nature “rests” from the constantly flowing streams of water from the sky. To do this, she needs 6 days, during which one individual can “give” up to 10 thousand eggs, each of which reaches the size of a decent pea.

The egg hatches into a tadpole with an average length of 8 mm. In 70 days, he must “transform” into a normal frog, losing his tail and gills. During this time, the tadpole can feed exclusively on plants. Interestingly, in 45 days of his life he grows to 48 mm, that is, weight gain and growth occur, one might say, rapidly.

As for the parameters of an adult frog, its length can be 30 cm and its weight can be more than 3 kg.

Threats to the giant frog

The main threat to the life of the frog comes both directly from the person himself and from the consequences of his “management” in its habitat.

The Goliath frog has long been an object of persecution by gourmets, collectors and other exotic lovers. At the same time, some people catch it to sell it to restaurants or to cook it themselves. Others are hunting for an outlandish trophy or a specimen for their terrariums. It should be noted that all attempts to breed goliaths in captivity ended in failure.

These giant frogs also “suffer” from commercial deforestation of tropical forests, which are their habitat. Thus, due to the destruction of trees, the area where frogs live is reduced by several thousand hectares annually. In addition, unclean water resources into which poachers throw chemicals for catching fish also pose a danger to her life.

Apart from local tribes, whose representatives may hunt frogs in order to sell them to restaurants, it is tourists eager to taste frog meat that pose the greatest danger. The meat of these representatives is also considered very useful for pregnant women.

The largest frog (photo)

The images show that Goliath has its name for a reason - this frog is truly impressive in its size. The tribes that live near its habitat affectionately call these frogs “sons.” Because an adult goliath reaches the size of a normal infant.

It’s interesting, but unlike their relatives, for whom the swamp is their natural habitat, goliaths “bypass” such reservations. They settle exclusively where the water is crystal clear, and this is one of the reasons why so many people hunt for them.

Now you know which frog is the largest in the world, as well as the features of its life activity and everything that threatens its existence.

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Alternative descriptions

Tailless amphibian family of toads

In Sultan Turkey, the title of military commanders

The border of an estate park or garden, which looks like a shallow ditch with a retaining wall, which is not visible from the estate and has a gentle slope towards the park

A prosperous peasant in modern Turkey

Left tributary of the Onon

Official title in the Ottoman Empire

River in the Chita region

Aginskoe

The title of landowner, chief in feudal Turkey; person holding this title

tropical toad

Particle expressing agreement, confirmation

Poisonous toad in South and Central Africa

Turkish fist

Leader of the Janissaries

Rich Turk

Toad is a giant

Ottoman officer

Large poisonous toad

Janissary commander

Palindromic "yes"

This toad is a homograph interjection

Who has the most poisonous eggs?

Vernacular "yes"

The titular toad

Officer title in the Ottoman Empire

Prosperous peasant in Turkey

Large poisonous toad in South and Central Africa

Kurkul from Turkey

Toad for lunch for crocodiles

Water rat game

Huge toad

giant toad

"yes" (colloquial)

cane toad

Giant Toad

Very large toad

Toad up to 20 cm in size

Mister in Turkey

Toad, game of crocodiles

Toad as food for crocodiles

"yes" colloquially

The toad is large and poisonous

A word of agreement

Game of young crocodiles

Vernacular agreement

Toad "with a title"

Toad with Ottoman title

Poisonous toad

Spoken “Yes!”

“The bullet flew by and...”

Wealthy Turk

Title of Turkish commanders

"snickering" Turk

Warlords title

Large toad

Mister Turk

Toad homograph interjection

River in Transbaikalia

Large amphibian of the toads

Word of agreement (simple)

Toad agrees with everyone

Turk, elder or toad

Respect for elders in the East

Unintelligent "yes"

Ottoman

Officer in the Ottoman Empire

Toad with Turkish title

Poisonous tropical toad

The elder agrees with everyone

To all toads, toad

Commander of the Janissary Corps

“flexible” aksakal

Janissary commander

"yes" in common parlance

"titled" toad

Toad in Turkish service

Janissary officer

Noble Turk

Toad with arrow poison

Warlord of the Janissaries

Supertoad

Rich man in Turkey

Tailless amphibian of the toad family

Officer title in the Ottoman Empire

Amphibian of the toad family

“The bullet flew by and...”

“The bullet flew by and...” (song.)

"Snickering" Turk

“Amenable” elder

"Titled" toad

"yes" (colloquial)

"yes" in common parlance

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Unintelligent "yes"

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Who has the most poisonous eggs?

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The largest frog in the world is a real Goliath - Topkin

The stunning creations of nature will never cease to amaze us. The New York Museum of Natural History houses real evidence of the life of rare amazing creatures on earth. The museum highlights the amazing and extraordinary world of contrasts created by nature: the skeleton of a three-meter tall moa bird next to the skeleton of a miniature hummingbird. The largest frog in the world also found its place among the museum exhibits, thanks to its unique size.

What can be seen in the museum is more like the remains belonging to the monster - a meter-long skeleton with a wide bone of an terrestrial goliath frog from the genus Konraua, which is the largest representative of the genus of frogs in the entire history of the Earth. It’s just a shame that the population of these amphibians is declining every year and may eventually disappear completely.

Habitat

The goliath frog is the largest of all living frog species in the world, living mainly on river banks in the depths of the rainforests of southwestern Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Even the photo shows that this is a completely unusual specimen, which is unlikely to be found on the shore of an ordinary body of water. Goliaths prefer to be on the bend of the rocks, where waterfalls of deep tropical rivers form.

Goliaths, unlike other frogs associated with the swamp, on the contrary, prefer perfectly clean water, saturated with oxygen necessary for normal breathing of their skin. The largest frog in the world needs high levels of moisture, so open sunny places are not suitable for it. It also needs a certain temperature: in Cameroon the water always warms up to 22 degrees.

Giant frogs spend time in the water or on their favorite rocks. When a threat approaches, the goliath makes a sharp jump into a body of water, where it hides for 10 to 15 minutes. In a state of safety, amphibians usually settle on gray-brown stones under a waterfall, with which they have similar colors - the skin on the back is greenish-brown, the belly and paws are yellow or white.

Goliaths instantly react to the slightest danger, they are always ready and are able to quickly disappear into the water without a trace. Goliaths are very vigilant, fearful and secretive - they are difficult to approach. These amphibians have very well developed acute hearing and vision, with the help of which they see at a distance of more than 40 meters in order to keep enemies away from them.

What does the largest frog in the world eat?

The food for goliaths is mainly insects (among their favorite foods are locusts, cockroaches, grasshoppers), but they also do not lose sight of rodents, scorpions, spiders, small birds, worms, mollusks, crayfish, crabs, turtles, small frogs and snakes. The amphibian goes in search of prey at night. Thanks to its massive and strong paws, the goliath can make a quick jump up to three meters long, and then press its victim with its body.

Goliaths spend a lot of strength and energy on such an active hunt, get very tired and take a long time to recover. Their most dangerous enemies are humans, large birds, fish, and crocodiles. Goliath frogs do not have vocal cords and do not make any sounds, so they are considered silent animals.

Goliaths stay on wet and slippery rocks using membranes on the toes of their large hind feet. Their powerful paws also help them withstand strong river currents. Therefore, huge frogs settled even on the strong and dangerous waterfall of the Mbiya River.

Reproduction

In quieter places, with the onset of the dry season, goliath females leave close to 10 thousand eggs. Eggs are laid on aquatic vegetation at the bottom of the reservoir. The process of turning an egg into a tadpole lasts about 70 days. The tadpole is usually born 8 mm long, but after a month and a half it rapidly grows 6 times (4.8 cm).

First, the herbivorous baby goliaths consume aquatic vegetation as food. Over time, they get rid of external gills and tail, grow and gain weight. When healthy, this tailless amphibian grows up to 33 cm in length (sometimes its total length is up to 91 cm) and reaches a weight of three kilograms (maximum 6 kg). Females are slightly larger than males in size. Goliath frogs live about 15 years (maximum age is 21 years).

Endangered species

Unfortunately, Goliath frogs are an endangered species, their existing numbers are constantly declining due to catching, export, captivity in zoos or private owners, trade, merciless eating and destruction of their safe habitat. Today, in those areas where goliaths lived, active logging has been underway for many years. Poaching fish using chemicals pollutes the water in rivers.

Some tourists, in order to enjoy the meat of this frog, catch it with a spinning rod. In the USA, goliath frogs were even entered into a kind of long jump competition. Goliaths are considered a valuable, healthy delicacy by some local West African wildlife residents.

But the Bayel pygmy tribes and the Fanga tribes living near the Mbia River waterfall do not hunt giant frogs at all, but value and affectionately call them “nia-moa” (“sons”), because the amphibian grows to the size of a baby. In addition, Equatorial Guinea is home to Monte Alen National Park, which is a protected habitat for goliath frogs.

It is obvious that before a person can live in harmony with nature, it is necessary to maintain the safety of its creatures, stop the cruelty to animals and their destruction throughout the world, and then the largest frog will delight our descendants.

Also known by the names Rhaebo blombergi(previously Bufo blombergi) And Colombian giant toad(Colombian giant toad). Representatives of this species are considered the largest among toads.

Rolf Blomberg, a Swedish explorer, writer and photographer, discovered an unknown species of giant toad in southwestern Colombia in 1950 near the town of El Madrigal. He took one specimen with him and a year later this species was named " Bufo blombergi" - in honor of the researcher. The fact that this species can reach a length of 25–30 cm makes its representatives the largest toads in the world, thus pushing the former leader, the cane toad (discussed below), into second place.

These photos show Rolf Blomberg and the first photos of the toad he found (1950)

The Colombian giant toad weighs 1.5 kg and can range in color from brown to red with dark and light spots on the body. The legs and belly are dark with a bluish tint. Males have tiny spines on their body tubercles, but females are larger than most of their partners.

Pay attention to the distinctive features of this species. There are many photos on the Internet that are not Blomberg's toad. Firstly, the surface of the skin is smooth and not quite typical for toads. Secondly, a certain dividing line separating the color of the upper body from the lower. The lower part of the body is usually darker than the upper part. And finally, those lips. Due to the white inclusions, the lip line clearly stands out against the general background of the head. This is clearly visible both in old black and white photos and in modern color ones.

This is a very rare species of toad and it is not easy to find it in its natural habitat. In addition to Colombia, the toad lives in the rainforests of Esmeraldas, north of Ecuador, at an altitude of between 200 and 550 m above sea level. In addition, Colombian giant toads are in danger of extinction due to the loss of their natural habitats, which include tropical wet areas.

We also invite you to listen to what this toad sounds like.

Toad Aha

This toad has always competed with Blomberg's toad for the right to be called the largest toad in the world. And until recently, this was the way it was considered.

Scientific name: Rhinella marina(previously Bufo marinus).

Common names: Aga or toad-aga (Russian), cane toad, giant toad, sea toad, South American cane toad. The name "cane toad" comes from the fact that these toads were used to control insects on sugar cane plantations. "Giant Toad" - because of its size. And the “sea toad” means that these amphibians can often be found in brackish river mouths.

It is a huge warty toad measuring from 10 to 24 cm (from the muzzle to the anus). The weight of females can reach 1.5 kg. When these toads sit on the road, they can easily be confused with ordinary boulders. In the wild they live for 10–15 years, but in captivity their lifespan increases significantly. There is information about a specimen that lived for 35 years.

Cane toads are native to northern South America and southern North America (Mexico, southern Texas). But in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before the invention of pesticides, these toads were specifically imported into many countries (especially the Pacific region) to control agricultural pests. They were brought to Australia, Florida, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, the Caribbean Islands, Fiji, and Hawaii. The idea did not pay off, so instead of insects, the toads switched to other food sources. They have successfully taken root, multiplied and are now pests themselves almost everywhere. The thing is that local animals have no immunity against the poison of these toads. Diseases do not take them either. Therefore, their population is growing uncontrollably, threatening the biological diversity of life in these countries.

The toad, which is native to Florida, has taken up residence in areas of urban and agricultural lands. It breeds in ditches and shallow pools, and at night crawls closer to the lights of houses, around which insects swarm. But they also do not disdain local frogs and other toads; they eat small snakes and mice, as well as other types of food, including dog and cat food.

A distinctive feature of giant toads is the presence of enlarged poisonous parotid glands. These glands protrude slightly to the sides and secrete extremely toxic substances. This toxin can poison and even kill an animal that tries to bite the toad. It is also interesting that they are able to shoot venom over long distances in the form of a thick, whitish substance. When a person or animal comes into contact with this substance, the result may be temporary blindness, paralysis and ultimately death.

Well, and finally, about the famous science of the largest toad in the world, which was registered. This is an aga toad named "Prince". According to research carried out in March 1991, the weight of this male, owned by Haken Forsberg from Akers Stickebroek (Sweden), was 2.65 kg, and the length was 38 cm, if you count from the tip of the muzzle to the anus, or 54 cm, if in full length.