Definitions
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- noun zoology Any of the
frog family Microhylidae.
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Examples
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We caught blunt-faced microhylid frogs, with tiny stupid eyes crowded up just over their nostrils and fat low bodies shaped like dollops of chocolate pudding.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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We caught blunt-faced microhylid frogs, with tiny stupid eyes crowded up just over their nostrils and fat low bodies shaped like dollops of chocolate pudding.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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We caught blunt-faced microhylid frogs, with tiny stupid eyes crowded up just over their nostrils and fat low bodies shaped like dollops of chocolate pudding.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Noteworthy species include Calotes liolepis, the rarest of all Agamids on the island, the rare rough-nose horned lizard Ceratophora aspera, restricted to part of Sri Lanka's wet zone, and Ramella palmata, a rare endemic microhylid.
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Of the roughly 30 known microhylid species, many are small Asian tree frogs,
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