In 2003, scientists described a new family of frogs – the first time such a discovery had been made among the anurans in ...

Surinam horned frogs achieve their enormous girth by being ... When anything smaller than their own bodies happens by, they spring from the mud and swallow their prey whole, locking it in their ...

These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action ... When they spot fish, frogs or crustaceans, they rapidly extend their necks to strike ...

Cold-blooded frogs freeze in the mud then thaw out Beginning in October, toads and frogs burrow under leaves, logs and mud. When it gets cold, the cold-blooded creatures literally freeze ...