The park supervisors did not immediately believe that they were seeing a real frog.
In Australia, a huge reed frog was found, which shocked with its size. She can break the Guinness world record.
The frog was found in a tropical forest north of Australia. Carly Gray park rangers nicknamed her “Toadzilla” (from the word Toad – toad), the BBC reports.
The “monster” is six times larger than the average frog, weighs 2.7 kg and can break the world record. Frogs, which were first introduced to Australia in 1935, are one of the country’s most dangerous pests, and today their numbers are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions,” the article states.
Park supervisors, where the frog lived, at first did not even believe that they saw such a huge person. They thought that in front of them was a dummy or a toy. Keepers joke that the frog looks like a soccer ball with paws.
“Toadzilla” was brought to the base of scientists, where it was weighed. Researchers guessed that it weighed a lot, but they didn’t think so. It turned out that the weight of the frog was 2.7 kg.
“The current Guinness World Record for the largest frog – 2.65kg – was set by a domesticated frog in Sweden named Prinsen in 1991,” added the BBC.
The researchers said that the frog feeds on insects, reptiles, and small mammals. She eats everything that fits in her mouth. It is noted that this poisonous “monster” causes a lot of damage in Australia, because there are no animals there that could feed on them.
Rare and unusual frogs
Earlier, reported that in Ecuador, a new species of frog was named after Led Zeppelin. The species may already be endangered. In addition, in 2021, Australian scientists discovered a “chocolate frog”. Litoria mira looks like an Australian tree frog.
