亚马逊角蛙

种类: 两栖动物

群体名称:Army or colony

食谱: 肉食

平均寿命:

尺寸: 10-15厘米

体重: 480克

小知识：许多亚马逊居民会穿着高脚皮靴以躲避这种凶猛的动物的攻击。

The first thing that stands out about the Amazon horned frog is its size. These rotund amphibians can grow to 8 inches (20 centimeters) in length and would cover a good-size tea saucer. They are found in freshwater marshes and pools throughout the Amazon Basin, from Colombia to Brazil.

亚马逊角蛙让人首先注意它的地方是它的大小。这种洪亮的两栖动物可以长到20厘米长，可以盖住一个大尺寸的茶托。在从哥伦比亚到巴西的整个亚马逊盆地的淡水沼泽和池塘里都能找到它们的踪迹。

Amazon horned frogs achieve their enormous girth by being generally indiscriminate about what they eat. Typical ambush predators, they squeeze their bodies into the forest substrate or leaf litter so only their heads protrude. When anything smaller than their own bodies happens by, they spring from the mud and swallow their prey whole, locking it in their jaws with their sharp teeth.

亚马逊角蛙是通过不加选择得进食来获取它巨大的体形的。它们是典型的潜伏型掠食者，它们将身体藏在土层或树叶以下只露出头部。只要有任何个头比它们小的东西碰巧经过，它们就会从藏身的泥浆或阴影中一跃而起，用尖利的牙齿将它紧紧扣住。

They are aggressively territorial and voracious to fault. Some have been found dead in the wild with the remains of an impossible-to-ingest victim still protruding from their mouths. Their ravenous appetite and huge mouths have earned them and other horned frogs the pet-trade nickname "Pac Man frogs."

好斗与贪婪也是它们的弱点。曾有发现在野外死掉的角蛙嘴里依然有无法咽下的猎物。它们贪婪的胃口和巨大的嘴使它们及其它角蛙在宠物市场上赢了一个昵称－“吃豆人蛙”（这是我们小时玩过的电子游戏，一张大嘴吃豆子，相信你一定玩过。）

Females are generally larger than males, but males are more ornately colored, ranging from dark green to lime-colored. Females are usually tan. Scientists are unsure what purpose their namesake horns serve, but it is likely they aid in camouflage, resembling leaf stems in the wild.

雌蛙通常比雄蛙大，但雄蛙更华丽，颜色从暗绿到灰色都有，雌蛙往往只有褐色。科学家们还不清楚它们的角有何作用，但它们似乎是为了伪装，有点像野外的树叶的茎。