African giant frog or toad Africa ( Amietophrynus Superciliaris ) is a type of the family Bufonidae frogs. This frog found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, and all of Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia , perhaps, and possibly Sierra Leone.
Amietophrynus superciliaris
About Frog African giant
multiple types of Giant African frog, which are located in Central Africa, as can be found from the far south - east of Nigeria and Cameroon eastward across southern and south - west of the Central African Republic to the north - eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It also is in Equatorial Guinea, in the north of the Congo and the Central Gabon, as well as its presence in West Africa and in southern Ghana, and in the south - west of Cote d'Ivoire and South Guinea, also believes its presence in Liberia and Sierra Leone, also believes its presence from three separate types of frog African giant, which They are grouped into this one because of their looks kind of similar.
African giant toad
Description
characterized Frog African giant that it is beautiful and big frogs somewhat, although it looks colorful and bright on the forest land, but it is distinctive in its ability to hide behind the leaf litter.
Diet
African tree frog is an amphibian eat meat, with its tongue viscous kicks off at incredible speeds from the mouth to catch its prey, and that 's what helps toad to get his food.
Food frog giant of Africa depends on small invertebrates including insects, worms and spiders scattered on the forest floor.
Habitats
found on the African giant frog in secondary forests, and in West Africa on the banks of the great rivers, in pristine forest areas. The natural habitat of the frog in the semi - tropical forests or tropical moist low freshwater marshes and intermittent freshwater marshes, farms, and forests degraded severely. While it is the kind of "least concern", and threatened with the loss of habitats. Frog African giant is among the types of large frogs, which live in the forests, with a distinctive and attractive coloration, which helps him to provide the perfect camouflage of foliage.
Home
because the home of the African giant frog in Central Africa, also live in secondary forests, but also in the long - primary forests tall, as well as in intensive farms. The limited presence in West Africa, the primary forests along the banks of the great rivers. Born in the relatively calm waters in streams.
Behavior and lifestyle
Frog African giant like other frogs, it is similar water Hiwanaat. Female African giant frog found in the water when you put the eggs. Female Giant African frog spends a lot of time to wander around and jumping or running on the ground in order to find plenty of food and water, while the African giant frog quiet at night safe from predators to keep it stays.
Reproduction and life cycles
does not know much about the proliferation of African giant frog cycle, but the female African frogs lay up to 200 eggs in a sticky small bodies of water in the cavities of hollow trees. Then guarding these sites to lay eggs by the male until they hatch tiny eggs. Usually I live frog giant of Africa until three or four years old, but does not know anything about her life in the wild.
Predators and threats
due to the small size of the giant African frog, so it is believed that the African giant frog has many predators within the warm and wet area in the forest environment. There are fish, birds, lizards, snakes, rodents and others. The biggest threat for the African giant frog is deforestation, which pose a direct threat to the lives of the African giant frog.the African giant toad Amietophrynus regularis
