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Conraua goliath ゴライアスガエル🐸

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SpeciesAnuraConrauidae
Amphibians

🐸Goliath frog

Conraua goliath (Boulenger, 1906)

Veleskokan goliáší (Conraua goliath) je největší známý druh žáby na světě. Žije na poměrně malém území v západní Africe. Počet jedinců klesá v důsledku lovu a ničení jeho přirozeného prostředí v pralesích.

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≈ 1/19th of your weight
Also called
Giant Slippery Frog
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
3.25 kg
Body length
0.32 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
5.9 years
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Everything we know about the Goliath frog

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Body mass
3.25 kg
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
0.32 m
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
5.9 yearsrecord 5.9 years · AmphiBIO
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
arthropods, vertebrates
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.2 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Goliath frog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAmphibia
  4. ›orderAnura
  5. ›familyConrauidae
  6. ›genusConraua
  7. ›speciesConraua goliath
Full lineage
  1. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  2. orderFrogs & toads · Anura
  3. superfamilyRanoidea
  4. genusConraua
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  9. superorderBatrachia
  10. orderFrogs & toads · Anura
  11. suborderNeobatrachia
  12. superfamilyRanoidea
  13. genusConraua
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Closest relative on this site
🐸 Cane toad — last shared an ancestor ≈ 171 million years ago.
In other languages
ضفدع جبار (ar), Conraua goliath (pt), Goliat płochliwy (pl), צפרדע גוליית (he), Лягушка-голиаф (ru), Conraua goliath (fr) … and 21 more languages
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Conraua goliath ゴライアスガエルGoliath Frog (Conraua goliath) in CameroonMuseu de Cultures del Món.
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