Spotted shovelnose frog, spotted burrowing frog, or spotted snout-burrower, Hemisus guttatus, is a vulnerable species from the Hemisotidae family

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Spotted shovelnose frog, spotted burrowing frog, or spotted snout-burrower, Hemisus guttatus, is a vulnerable species from the Hemisotidae family that spends most of its life underground, and unlike most burrowing frogs, it burrows head-first instead of rear-first.

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Size: 4200px × 2800px
Location: Coastal forest, Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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