Asian Groundnut Frog - Asian Groundnut Frog

Japanese: アジアジムグリガエル - あじあじむぐりがえる
Asian Groundnut Frog - Asian Groundnut Frog

...The body is generally brownish in color. The representative species, the Asian ground-mouthed frog K. pulchra , is 5-7 cm long and is found in southern China, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. It is also bred in various places in Japan, so there are many opportunities to see it. It has a small head, and when touched, it inflates its torso and stretches out its limbs.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Asian ground-mouthed frog is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体色は全体に褐色を帯びる。代表種であるアジアジムグリガエルK.pulchraは体長5~7cm,中国南部,インドシナ,東南アジアに分布し,日本でも各所で飼育され,目に触れる機会が多い。頭部は小さく,手を触れると胴を膨らませて四肢を突っ張る。…

※「アジアジムグリガエル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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