Hildebrandtia macrotympanum is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is a rarely seen fossorial frog that is found in southern Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Common names Somali ornate frog, northern ornate frog, and plain burrowing frog have been proposed for it.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Jumping (saltation) can be distinguished from running, galloping, and other gaits where the entire body is temporarily airborne by the relatively l...
A burrow is a hole or tunnel excavated into the ground by an animal to create a space suitable for habitation, temporary refuge, or as a byproduct ...
A fossorial animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, ...
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starts withMales grow to a snout–vent length of 46 mm (1.8 in) and females to 51 mm (2.0 in). The body is very stocky. The snout is short. The eyes are protruding. The tympanum is large, about the size of the eye or larger. The legs are short and muscular; the toe webbing is basal. Dorsal surfaces are vivid reddish-brown, pale brown, or olive green. Colouration is either uniform or with weal brown mottling. A black or grey band runs from the tip of the snout across the eyes to over the tympanum and to the flanks; the grey flanks are separated from the back by a narrow line. The belly is white or cream; the throat is mottled. Males have paired vocal sacs.
The male advertisement call consists of brief hoots, uttered in rapid succession.
