Today is the fourteenth day of the April A to Z Challenge. I will be writing about different frog species based on their latin species names! See the introduction here.
Megaphyrus Nasuta – Malayan Leaf Frog
These frogs are very modestly colored and designed to fit in extremely well with their surroundings. The variation of browns, tans and greys along with their leaf like appearance and they can virtually disappear into the forest floor.
M. nasuta is a ferocious predator. It will typically wait for an unsuspecting victim to pass by and then explode onto it and begin engulfing it. They will typically feed on arachnids, rodents, lizards and other frogs. Although they are explosive feeders, they have a very soft call which is produced as a single note and will stop at the slightest disturbance. “Ching!”
These frogs originate from Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore. These frogs will reach 5″ in length. 
I love how the portion above their eyes make them so look so inquisitive.
Check out my previous A to Z posts:
Sources:
(1) Fascinating Africa (2) Real Monstrosities
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(1) CalPhotos (2) Wikipedia (3) Picssr
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He looks like a leaf with eyeballs!
He does indeed! Pretty cool how much he actually looks like a lead!
Ugh leaf*
They do look like a leaf! A very angry little leaf… 😀 I love your theme. I have never heard about most of these frog species, and they all look and sound interesting 🙂
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Thanks!! They are angry leaves! I am so glad you could join me on this theme! I have had lots of fun learning about new frogs as well!
Oh boy! I can’t believe how many species of frogs there is. This is so informative! 🙂
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I couldn’t believe it either! I think there are enough that I could do the same topic next year!
Definitely something Star Trek has used for their make-up for an alien species! It’s fabulous, love this frog.
What an awesome creature. I love this whole series of posts. These frogs are so cool and just the kind of info that interests me.