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None. These enormous frogs are silent.
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The Goliath frog is the big, silent type. This frog doesn't make any croaking sounds because it doesn't have a vocal sac.
Scientific name: Conraua goliath
Size: 13 inches long
Weight: up to 8 pounds
Diet: insects, crustaceans, and other small frogs
Habitat: rivers and rain forests of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and western Africa
Characteristics: green with big mouth; world's largest frog
Threats: habitat destruction, overhunting, and capture for pet trade
What sound does a Goliath frog make?
The Goliath frog's enormous ping-pong ball-like eyes help them:
swallow prey
jump higher
run faster
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Goliath frogs use their big eyes to help them catch and swallow prey. After this frog swallows, it closes its eyes. This action presses its eyeballs against the roof of its mouth. The eyeballs, in turn, push the unlucky victim down the frog's throat.
The main threat to Goliath frogs' survival is the destruction of their habitat.
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Fact
Much of the rain forest land in west central Africa has been cleared to create farmland. As a result, Goliath frogs face extinction.
Baby Goliath frogs hop right out of their eggs when they are ready to hatch.
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Fiction
Like most frogs, Goliaths lay their eggs under water. Tadpoles hatch -- eventually changing into frogs. Goliath tadpoles are about the same size as tadpoles of much smaller frogs.