Big-headed turtles and hairy frogs are masters of waterfall living.

This family contains a unique frog, the hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus).

Breeding male hairy frogs develop highly vascularised, hair-like projections on their thighs and flanks.

CHAPTER 6 A great hairy frog of a man stood before Blade.

Trichobatrachus robustus 1900 (Hairy Frog)

The male hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) has dermal papillae projecting from its lower back and thighs giving it a bristly appearance.

The Hairy Frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) is a Central African species of frog in the Arthroleptidae family.

More exotic foods include tadpoles and males of the Hairy Frog, which are thought to fall from the sky and, when eaten, to help childless human couples become fertile.

Durrell, having criticized a BBC radio talk about life in West Africa, sent in a fifteen-minute radio script about his trials attempting to catch a hairy frog in the Cameroons.

The hairy frog is also notable in possessing retractable "claws" (though unlike true claws, they are made of bone, not keratin), which it may project through the skin, apparently by intentionally breaking the bones of the toe.

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws."

This family contains a unique frog, the hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus).

The male hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) has dermal papillae projecting from its lower back and thighs giving it a bristly appearance.

The Hairy Frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) is a Central African species of frog in the Arthroleptidae family.