robber frog

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Noun1.robber frog - of southwest United States and Mexicorobber frog - of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
barking frog, Hylactophryne augusti
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
genus Hylactophryne, Hylactophryne - barking frogs
2.robber frog - small terrestrial frog of tropical America
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Eleutherodactylus, genus Eleutherodactylus - completely terrestrial robber frogs
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Some colorful frogs, such as the Fort Randolph robber frog, have developed the same coloring as a coexisting poisonous species.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors: this is "a fascinating and fun exhibition that explores the incredible diversity of this important group of amphibians which has been roaming the Earth for more than 200,000,000 years, at least as long as the dinosaurs."
In a few short months, the rescue team gathered up close to 300 animals representing more than 30 species of leaf frogs, ghost frogs, robber frogs, marsupial frogs, and some that have no common English names.
Other species hadn't been quite so prolific, but the leopard robber frogs, dink frogs, homed marsupial flogs, spiny-headed tree frogs, and green-and-black poison frogs all had produced tadpoles.
The frogs and the fungus: thanks to dedicated teams of international scientists, endangered amphibians in the central, mountain region of Panama are getting help in their struggle against a deadly disease that threatens their survival
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