If you believe the data, the ocean is not explored at 95%. Many are attracted to space and distant planets, but people do not think about what can be hidden in the depths of the ocean on their own planet!
The thing is that the ocean is much more difficult to explore - for example, conditions at a 5-kilometer depth are more aggressive than in space. And even if the experts go in search of something interesting in the depths of the waters, because of the powerful spotlights, the entire fauna will be scared. The underwater life is amazing, and we know little about it.
If many underwater inhabitants are inaccessible to us, then amphibians can very well be "caught". Look at the animals from this collection, perhaps you will learn about many of them for the first time. What a wonderful world surrounds us!
10. Zimmerman's poison frog
The yellow-blue frog, painted in black spots, is considered one of the most poisonous. But it is unlikely that anyone would come up with a thought when meeting with her that the frog is poisonous, but such animals have their own peculiarity.
Bright colors are a warning sign. A dangerous poison is produced in the glands of the skin of this small creature - batrachotoxin, which paralyzes the work of the heart and the respiratory tract, both of humans and animals.
But if you don’t touch the frog and pass by, nothing will happen. Zimmermann's poison frog first never attacks humans.
9. American Proteus
As the name implies, the American Proteus is a fish with legs, living mainly in North America.
She has a large tail and sometimes an amphibian reaches 43 cm in length. It leads a nocturnal lifestyle, preys on invertebrates, and sometimes eats small fish.
Lives only in clear lake waters, with an approximate lifespan of 20 years. The animal makes amazing sounds - if you pull it out of the water, the amphibian will make a dog bark!
8. Worms
Almost everyone knows what worms are. Some people dislike them. But few people know that amphibians exist on our planet, which are almost indistinguishable from ordinary worms in appearance!
Scientists did not think much about their name, and called them worms (the second name is "cecilia"). However, worms and worms are very different from each other - firstly, cecilia sometimes reaches 45 cm in length, it has sharp teeth, and secondly, the worm is considered the most intelligent amphibian.
The eyes of the worm are reduced, but their weakness is filled with a sharp sense of smell, the amphibian has a very developed sense of touch.
7. Caring Frog
The amazing frog got such a name because of its strange care for the cubs - after it lays its eggs, the adult female immediately swallows them.
A caring frog can block the production of gastric juice, and for 7 weeks its stomach turns into an incubator. During these weeks, the frog does not eat anything, the eggs burst, and the cubs develop in the stomach of a caring mother, after which they are "born again" from her mouth.
Unfortunately, this species of frogs is becoming extinct. This is due to their fishing for sale in pet stores and a high level of pollution.
6. Glass frog
A real miracle of nature! Not only in the underwater world there are transparent animals, for example, such as: opistoproctovy fish, crocodile fish, sea salps, etc., they also live on land, and even in the air (glass butterfly).
In a glass frog, internal organs are visible through its transparent skin. You can meet such a miracle in Central and South America, or rather, in rainforests.
Looking at the frog, it seems that this is a glass crafts, the work of a real master. It is, only this master is not a man, but nature!
5. Blind hard worker
A “strange” frog that was not noticed for a long time - it was discovered only in 2003. This is due to the fact that the amphibian most of his time leads a "reclusive" life, hiding in holes and pits.
In appearance, it does not look like a frog - the blind worker has a very small head with a slightly pointed muzzle, and the body is large and looks like a shapeless mass of iron.
The animal is no more than 9 cm long; in just a couple of minutes, the frog is able to dig a hole of 3.7 m in depth thanks to its hind and front legs. A frog very rarely crawls out of hiding, as it sees almost nothing.
4. Comb triton
The tailed amphibian is a very attractive species, was named after the ancient Greek sea deity Triton. In nature, it can be found in Eastern Europe, as well as in Russia.
Habitat - marshy, wooded, moist places. It feeds on invertebrates, prefer cold water - up to 20 degrees. Comb tritons have special purity requirements — they cannot live in polluted waters.
3. Javanese flying frog
You must have heard the phrase: “Born to crawl can’t fly”, perhaps this is so, but if we are not talking about a flying frog!
Of course, she cannot fly fully, only birds are capable of it, but, using her devices, she can take off thanks to her membranes, which are on 4 legs - front and rear.
It lives in bamboo thickets, humid jungles, and prefers mountain forests (but less often). The aviator shows her activity at night, in the daytime she enters a state resembling a dream.
2. The gigantic salamander
In appearance, it is very similar to a lizard. This salamander is the largest on our planet, its body length reaches one and a half meters, and an adult weighs almost like a person - about 35 kg.
The gigantic salamander has a slow metabolism, so for a long time it feels quite comfortable without food.
The amphibian has poor eyesight, which influenced the development of other organs - the salamander has good hearing and smell. The animal has one interesting feature - the ability to regenerate tissues.
1. Toad pipa
For three months, this unique frog bears offspring on its back. It lives in South America and the Amazon.
The peculiarity of the frog in its appearance is that it looks “flattened”, as if it fell under the ice rink. It can be easily confused with a leaf of a tree that has long fallen to the ground. Her head is also flattened, like her body.
If you look closely, you can see small eyes near the toad. She has no teeth and tongue, but the frog has skin patches at the corners of its mouth that resemble tentacles. Under water, the amphibian feels confident, lives in warm and unclear reservoirs.