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flat-headed frog

amphibian
Also known as: Chiroleptes platycephalus
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  • Common Eastern Froglet
    Myobatrachidae

    The flat-headed frog (Chiroleptes platycephalus) is a desert-dwelling Australian myobatrachid. It lives in burrows and is noted for its ability to store enough water in its body to take on a ball-like shape. Rheobatrachus silus, an extinct species, swallowed its eggs and brooded them in its…

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    The flat-headed frog (Chiroleptes platycephalus) is a desert-dwelling Australian myobatrachid. It lives in burrows and is noted for its ability to store enough water in its body to take on a ball-like shape. Rheobatrachus silus, an extinct species, swallowed its eggs and brooded them in its…

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