10 Things You Did Not Know About Croaking!

1. A croak is produced by frogs by pushing air through the larynx in the throat. Most frogs have vocal sacs that amplify the sound. These are elastic skin membranes that work by distention. Tree frogs, toads and most South American and Australian frogs have just one vocal sack located under t... [ read more >> ]

Huge vocal sac of an Australian tree frog male (Litorina chloris)

Bilobed vocal sac in a Microhylid frog

Huge vocal sac in the South American Tungara frog

Pair of vocal sacs in green frog

The clawed frog (Xenopus) croaks underwater

The ultrasound frog: Amolops tormotus

Ascaphus truei, the mute North American tailed frog

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Ascaphus truei, the mute North American tailed frog