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Budgett's frog

Amazing fact

In the dry season, Budgett’s frog burrows into soil and makes a cocoon of skin layers to retain body water.

神戸どうぶつ王国
Budgett's frog in its habitat (illustration)

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In the dry season, Budgett’s frog burrows into soil and makes a cocoon of skin layers to retain body water.

Source神戸どうぶつ王国 — マルメタピオカガエル

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Budgett's frog

Scientific name
Lepidobatrachus laevis
Japanese name
マルメタピオカガエル（バジェットガエル）
Group
Amphibians and reptiles
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Leptodactylidae
Genus
Lepidobatrachus
Facts about the real animal.
01

An aquatic frog that lives in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.

鳥羽水族館 — マルメタピオカガエル
02

It even lives in muddy water.

鳥羽水族館 — マルメタピオカガエル
03

In the wild, it sometimes hibernates.

鳥羽水族館 — マルメタピオカガエル

How the Budgett's frog lives

This frog is active at night. It hides in water or sandy mud and waits for prey. It swallows prey small enough to fit into its mouth whole. When it senses danger, it threatens by inflating its body or making a sharp call.

神戸どうぶつ王国

Basic data

Range
Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay
鳥羽水族館

Where the Budgett's frog has been recorded

World map with dots where the Budgett's frog has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesCentral and South AmericaRivers and wetlands

Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.

Names around the world

简体中文
圆眼珍珠蛙
繁體中文
圓眼珍珠蛙

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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