Paradoxical Swimming Frog
Pseudis paradoxa
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Amphibians
Pseudis paradoxa, known as the paradoxical frog or shrinking frog, is a species of hylid frog from South America. Its name refers to the very large—up to 27 cm (11 in) long—tadpole, which in turn "shrinks" during metamorphosis into an ordinary-sized frog, only about a quarter or third of its former length. Although the recordholder was a tadpole in Amapá that belonged to this species, others in the genus Pseudis also have large tadpoles and ordinary-sized adults.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Pseudis