#breviceps

Desert Rain Frog (Breviceps macrops), family Brevicipitidae, Namaqualand, South Africa

No question, members of the genus Breviceps. They are basically balls of pure muscle. Which species is more challenging. Contenders include

Breviceps mossambicus

B. gibbosus

B. fuscus

and

B. verrucosus

All extremely round.

Note 1: I do not include some of the other Breviceps here, like B. macrops, because they have more distinct heads and larger eyes that break up the roundness.

Note 2: I am defining roundness here as being as near to spherical as possible, not just a circle. If we were going just circular/disclike, there would be many other possible contenders, and Glyphoglossus molossus would be a very possible winner.

today's funky frog of the day is the plaintive rain frog (Breviceps verrucosus)!!!! with their big sad eyes and an expression as mournful as their name would suggest, these little fellows live in south africa, lesotho, and eswatini.

A cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) in the Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Rain Frog inspired Caseid

Lineart & Speedpaint.

The Synapsid kids are going to kill me for the comparison.