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Juvenile Hoplobatrachus occipitalis frog
A juvenile Hoplobatrachus occipitalis. This large frog is the only member of the family Dicroglossidae in Africa. Though only one species, it is known to live in 35 countries across Africa.
[Specimens will be part of the National Science Foundation-supported iDigBio project, funded under NSF grants DBI 1115210 and DBI 1547229.]
To learn more about this research, see the Florida Museum news story In Gabon with a professional frog-catcher. (Date image taken: 2015-2018; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Jan. 23, 2020)
Credit: Gregory Jongsma, Florida Museum of Natural History
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