Top 10 biggest frogs and toads in the world

Residents of cities, most likely, do not remember the existence of frogs, they have more important things to do, and children even imagine these amphibians only as fairy-tale characters.

But the lucky ones who often travel out of town must see frogs often. It’s just that they rarely cause joyful emotions. Many people are disgusted with frogs, and some are even afraid of them. Yes, there are those who still believe that if you touch a toad, warts will appear on your hands.

Although our usual “average” frogs look pretty cute. These are miniature creatures, excellent jumpers. Their croaking has a positive effect on the human body. It is even called healing. But in the world there is a wide variety of species of frogs, and some of them reach gigantic sizes.

If you are interested in this topic or just like to learn something new, read our article. We recommend you our list of the 10 largest frogs in the world: a rating of large and heavy toads that look very intimidating.

10 Garlicfish

This frog may not make much of an impression on you. The average body length is 8 centimeters, and the maximum weight is 20 grams, but compared to some other amphibian species, it has a large size.

Appearance is unremarkable: the body is wide and short, the color is not bright, usually it is gray shades with brown or black spots.

spadewort belong to the terrestrial species. They are nocturnal and settle in floodplains of rivers and lakes. Frogs choose places transformed by man, they are attracted by loose earth. At night, they completely burrow into it.

There is an opinion that people whose garden plots or vegetable gardens are inhabited by spadefoot are very lucky. They not only destroy pests, but also loosen the earth. For humans, garlic cloves are absolutely safe.

9. purple frog

This frog can only be seen in pictures. She spends most of her life underground, rising to the surface only for reproduction, and this period lasts no more than two weeks a year. It is not surprising that the official discovery of the species took place in 2003; previously, scientists knew nothing about purple frog.

Habitat: India and the Western Ghats. Outwardly, it differs from other amphibians. She has a massive body and purple color. At first glance, it may seem that they are not so large – only 9 cm in length. But due to the rounded body, there is a feeling that the frog is very large.

Interesting fact: in 2008, the purple frog was included in the list of the ugliest and strangest animals (according to the Scienceray website).

8. Herbal Frog

The most common species in Europe, their range is the territory from the British Isles to Western Siberia. These frogs prefer forests or forest-steppe zones.

grass frogs quite cute, not repulsive appearance. Body length – up to 10 cm, weight up to 23 g, but there are exceptions to the rule – larger specimens.

The color depends on the habitat, usually it is gray, brown, dark green, occasionally there are red or black individuals. By the way, frogs of this species do not croak, they make sounds similar to the purr of a cat.

7. Leggy Litoria

Perhaps this beauty will be able to compete even with the frog princess. Unfortunately, it can only be found in New Guinea and Australia. It has quite impressive dimensions: the maximum length is 14 cm.

Females are often larger than males. They have a bright green color. They live mainly in the forest on trees, in foliage. leggy litoria very difficult to see, although sometimes they descend to the ground for prey. Activity is shown in the dark.

6. lake frog

The largest frog in Russia. Habitat – from Central Europe to the east (to Iran). Already by the name it is clear that frogs love water and settle in ponds, rivers, lakes, reservoirs. They do not feel fear towards people and live even in large cities, as long as there is water nearby.

Lake frogs reach a length of 17 cm, maximum weight – 200 g. These are amphibians with an oblong body of a brownish-green color, a pointed muzzle. There is a yellow-green stripe on the back, which helps the frogs to go unnoticed in the grass. They can be active at any time of the day. Frogs swim and dive a lot, and also croak very loudly.

5. tiger frog

tiger frogs distributed from India to Pakistan. They love humidity, their element is ponds and lakes. The length of representatives of this species reaches 17 cm.

The color can be olive, dark green, gray. During the mating season, the appearance of males changes dramatically. They turn bright yellow and the throat pouches change color to bright blue. Real beauties, females will not be able to refuse them.

Tiger frogs are nocturnal. They are very voracious, eat insects, snakes and even small rodents, birds. If the prey is too large, the frogs push it into their mouths with their paws.

For your information: these amphibians are very popular in their homeland, they are eaten there. There are even farms for breeding them.

4. Slingshot changeable

She is also called brazilian slingshot. These frogs live exclusively in South America. They reach a length of 20 cm. They have a rather frightening appearance, horns and a crest grow on their heads. The color resembles camouflage: green, brown with dark spots, blurred contours.

Slingshots are changeable are of an aggressive nature. Known for excellent appetite. In the course are birds, rats and even … relatives. Frogs are not embarrassed even by the fact that the prey exceeds them in size. There are frequent cases of death from suffocation, the slingshot can neither swallow nor spit out its dinner.

3. Frog-bull

Bullfrogs live in North America, choose fresh water. Their dimensions are impressive: the average length is 15 – 25 cm, weight is up to 600 g. The color is olive-brown with dark stains. Such a frog should be feared, even small reptiles become its victims.

The bullfrog got its name because of the characteristic lowing with which males call females, and also because of its large size. During the breeding season, locals cannot sleep due to the calls of amphibians. Of course, even giant frogs can’t handle a human. In the US and Canada they are eaten.

2. Goliath frog

Frogs with a beautiful name can only be found on the territory of Equatorial Guinea and southwestern Cameroon. Length – up to 32 cm, weight – up to 3250 g. The back is colored greenish-brown, and the belly is bright yellow.

goliath frogs fastidious, they will not live in swamps. Their habitat is the waterfalls of tropical rivers. They love to sit on ledges of rocks. Despite their impressive size, frogs feed on insects and spiders, worms, and other amphibians.

Goliath is under threat of destruction. Habitat conditions are changing, and amphibians are dying out. Not without human influence, people exterminate frogs for further consumption or export abroad.

1. Frog Beelzebub

Leader among large frogs. Length – 40 cm, weight – 4500g. There is only one caveat: the frog is a fossil. At the moment, it can only be seen in museums. The habitat is Madagascar, it was in this area that fragments of skeletons were found.

It is assumed that Beelzebub’s frogs are relatives of the variable slingshot. There are some similarities in appearance and behavior. Perhaps they had the same aggressive character, attacking prey from an ambush. Scientists believe that newborn dinosaurs were included in the diet of Beelzebub’s frogs.