{"id":18434,"date":"2023-12-21T10:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T05:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18434"},"modified":"2025-04-05T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:23:33","slug":"fanged-frogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fanged-frogs\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Fanged Frogs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Fanged Frogs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They refer to a group of 75 species of frogs belonging to the\u00a0genus Limnonectes.<\/li>\n<li>These frogs are known for their\u00a0distinctive fang-like structures, which are actually\u00a0projections of their jaw bone.<\/li>\n<li>They are found throughout\u00a0East and Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n<li>However, unlike many snakes, these frogs\u00a0don\u2019t use their fangs to bite humans\u00a0or inject venom into a person\u2019s body.<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0use these fangs to battle with each other over territory and mates, and sometimes even to hunt tough-shelled prey like giant centipedes and crabs.<\/li>\n<li>Many frogs in this genus\u00a0are giants, weighing up to two pounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Limnonectes phyllofolia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0smallest species of fanged frog.<\/li>\n<li>It was found on the mountainous\u00a0island of Sulawesi in\u00a0Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019ve been given the\u00a0nickname \u201cleaf-nester\u201d because, unlike most frogs, they\u00a0don\u2019t lay their eggs in water.<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0make their nest either\u00a0on tree leaves\u00a0or on moss-covered boulders\u00a0away from water, and the\u00a0males guard them.<\/li>\n<li>Adults are brown in colour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a Fang?<\/h3>\n<p>Fang refers to a long, pointed tooth, typically found in carnivorous animals such as snakes, dogs, or big cats. Fangs are specialized teeth used for puncturing and holding prey, injecting venom, or tearing flesh. In a broader sense, fangs can also symbolize aggression, power, or danger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-12-world-smallest-fanged-frogs-indonesia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>World&#8217;s smallest &#8216;fanged&#8217; frogs found in Indonesia<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fanged Frogs are known for their distinctive fang-like structures, which are actually projections of their jaw bone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}