Critter: Barking frog
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Grr: My official name is Eleutherodactylus augusti, although most people call me a barding frog.
Hear me roar: My nickname comes from the sound that males make during mating. My explosive breeding call sounds like a dog barking.
A wee frog: I grow to be only about 3¾ inches long, although females are bigger than males. Thopugh I look a bit like a toad, I don't have any warts. My skin is light brown with dark spots.
Tropical family: I am the only member of the Leptodactylidae family that lives in Arizona; there are more than 500 species ofd tropical grogs in my family found in Arizona, Mexico and parts of Texas and New Mexico.
Yummy in my tummy: I like to hide out under rocks or in holes and jsut wait for my dinner to wanter by. Sure, I guess you could call me lazy. My favorite things to eat are crickets, grasshoppers, snails, scorpions and spiders.
Source: www.reptilesofaz.com and "Peterson First Guides Reptiles and Amphibians" by Conant, Stebbins and Collins.
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