The frog that was killed by the mushroom!!!
The dark brown creature Ecnomiohyla rabborum, or Rabbov's tree frog, with large brown eyes and a flattened muzzle looks more like a puppy than an amphibian. The image is complemented by clumsy paws, namely, on the feet of the housekeeper Kuzi.
Despite the ridiculous appearance, the Frog felt great in the tropical provinces of Chile and Panama. She was perfectly able to climb trees and catch large flying and crawling insects, she does not refuse other small invertebrates.
Like all tree frogs, this baby moved thanks to suckers on its paws. "Baby" is quite big for you and me, by amphibian standards. Males reach a size of 9.7 Cm, females - up to 10 cm.
These animals led an active nocturnal lifestyle, and multiplied in large numbers, as a rule, in the spring. Probably, the peak of reproductive activity occurred at the beginning of the rainy season (March—May).
The females laid about 200 eggs in the bromeliad leaves filled with water and immediately left the clutches. Males were also not particularly interested in offspring. Often, they not only did not guard the clutch, but also ate the tadpoles that appeared from it.
This behavior worsened the frogs' lives when the terrible chytridiomycete fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis invaded their comfort zone. This fungus is responsible for the death of many amphibians, and many species have gone to another world. Unfortunately, this frog was also unlucky. That is why everything that is said about her refers to the past tense: "was", "was", "dwelt", etc.
After this disease came to the amphibian lands, the population of the species began to decline rapidly. The last known observation of a frog in the wild dates back to 2007. And the last known individual, an adult male who lived in the Botanical garden in Atlanta,
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