Moss frog

The Vietnamese mossy frog really looks like it is covered with moss.

These surreal frog and toad photos look like they're from a sci-fi movie, but are real examples of these amphibians' diversity. These unusual animals are found almost everywhere around the world, and range in size from a tiny 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) to the goliath frog's whopping 32 cm (12.6 inches).

Nature

Taking Camouflage To The Extreme The Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale) looks like a piece of moss, making the animal less visible in its habitat: the moist forests, freshwater marshes and rocky areas of North Vietnam. When the frog feels threatened, it folds itself into a ball and blends in with the rock it’s sitting on

Common Name: Tiger Leg Tree Frog, Tiger Leg Monkey Tree Frog, Maki Frog, Tiger Striped Leaf Frog, Barred Monkey Frog Scientific Name: Phyllomedusa Tomopterna Description: The dorsal color, including the sides of the face, the shoulders, and the dorsal surfaces of the limbs, is a bright green. The throat and chest are white, and the belly is orangish. The flanks and hidden surfaces of the limbs, upper arms, fingers, and toes are variably orange with strong purple-brown vertical barring. Males…

The combination of the Vietnamese mossy frog's green body, black spots, tubercles and spines makes it look like a clump of moss, which it spends a large portion of its time pretending to be. Native to Vietnam, these frogs live in mossy caves and in the banks of rocky mountain streams.