February 23, 2013 - Desert Rain Frog

He's not much to look at, and to me he looks more like a beach frog covered in sand than a desert frog, but he has a pretty impressive defense mechanism. Check out the video below. Put your coffee down first, though!



This video was posted by Dean Boshoff, wildlife enthusiast and photographer, on Feb 13th. It quickly went viral.

The frog is Breviceps macrops, the desert rain frog. He found the rain frog in the sandy dunes along Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape province (South Africa?).The frog’s animated body plan is well adapted for burrowing in its dune habitat there. (Not sure where the desert part of the name comes from, or the rain either, for that matter.)

squealing like a mewling kitten is a defense mechanism?

It reminds me of the Woozy growling.

Very weird. My cat perked up her ears and looked behind my laptop trying to find the source.

watch all the reaction videos of people's pets trying to get or find the frog.

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Originally Posted by jimhelm squealing like a mewling kitten is a defense mechanism?

A face only a Michelin tire would love.

I've been though the desert on a frog with no rain...

Infi and I will hire you as a writer for our comedy act.