- 🧵1/3 I've had all the doom & sadness my heart can hold for today. How about a primitive aquatic frog? A Pipa Toad (Pipa pipa), found in NE Peru and ranging across the Amazon Basin in northern South America. Lacking a tongue, they capture prey using suction. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿Jan 27, 2026 23:06
- 2/3 Females keep their young in cavities on their backs, until they are fully formed froglets, like this one, the size of a US quarter. Found in a forest pool where they easily blend in with leaves & other bottom detritus. Sense organs at the end of those fingers. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
- 3/3 Here's an adult female, about four inches long, with a batch of new fertilized eggs snuggled into her back. Mating and egg deposition are too complicated to describe here (see Wikipedia). IFL frogs! #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
