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Indian balloon frog

Uperodon globulosus

Photo by Roy Arun
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Length: Approx 7cm
Breadth: Approx 6 cm
Colour: Dark moss green + Dark brown
At that time it expanded itself like a balloon....

Habitat:

Found in my home garden....

Reference Links:

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?where-scientific_name=Uperodon+glob…

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Comments (2)
Neil Ross
Lol. Shrek's balloon for sure. Nice spotting, Roy.
mauna Kunzah
Now, this spotting just reminds me of Shrek’s frog balloon: https://goo.gl/images/zE7dFq Interesting!

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Biodiversity of West Bengal, India

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PublishedOctober 30, 2014

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