Bilbo's Rain Frog
Breviceps bagginsi
Bilbo's rain frog (Breviceps bagginsi) is an amphibian species in the family Brevicipitidae, endemic to South Africa. It was named after Bilbo Baggins, because the scientist who discovered it used to read The Hobbit to his children. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and edges of wood plantations. The species, threatened by habitat loss, is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24996.