{"id":5479,"date":"2011-02-01T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:09:58","slug":"flying-vampire-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/this-just-in\/flying-vampire-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Vampire Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like bats aren\u2019t the only animals named after creatures that go bump in the night. Rhacophorus vampyrus, a<\/em> frog<\/a> first discovered in 2008 in South Vietnam, has been nicknamed<\/a> the \u201cvampire flying frog\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Rhacophorus Vampyrus \u00a9 Jodi J L Rowley\/Australian Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now don\u2019t go thinking that you are going to be attacked by a flying frog hungry for blood because these guys aren\u2019t really bloodsuckers. This frog gets its scary nickname from the fangs that it grows when it\u2019s young, instead of the beak-like mouth parts other tadpoles have. These fangy frogs like to live high in the trees<\/a> and really have no reason to come down to the ground. Their webbed feet help them jump from tree to tree and they lay their eggs<\/a> in water pools in the tree trunks.<\/p>\n

If you had to give your favourite animal a scary nickname, like our friend the vampire flying frog, what would it be, for example what if you ran into the dreaded hippo of doom…<\/strong><\/h4>\n

http:\/\/www.mapress.com\/zootaxa\/2010\/f\/zt02727p055.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/australianmuseum.net.au\/media\/Vampire-Flying-Frog-Discovery<\/a><\/p>\n

Earth Rangers<\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and educate<\/a> children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play games<\/a>, discover amazing facts<\/a>, meet animal ambassadors<\/a> and fundraise<\/a> to protect biodiversity<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Flying Vampire Frog may get its name from the mythical creature, but they are not very similar. They only have fangs in common.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,402,1353,931],"tags":[84,170,266,320],"class_list":["post-5479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amphibians-and-reptiles","category-this-just-in","category-to-edit","category-all","tag-frogs","tag-species","tag-teeth","tag-vietnam"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t