An illustration depicts the ancient frog species Beelzebufo, or "devil frog," staring down the largest frog species living in Madagascar today. A pencil is included for scale.
Recently identified from a 70-million-year-old fossil found in Madagascar, experts think it may have been the largest frog that ever lived. It is described as a rather intimidating animal the size of a beach ball, 16 inches (41 centimeters) high and weighing about 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) with attitude to match.
Like its closest modern-day relatives (
Ceratophrys ornata) the devil frog also probably had a very aggressive temperament. "These ceratophyrines are really aggressive, ambush predators," Evans said. "They are round with big mouths, and they will sit there and grab onto anything that walks past."
"They're sometimes called
Pac-Man frogs," she added, "and even the little ones will go for you. It's a frog with attitude, even today. And at two or three times the size of the largest living ceratophyrines, Beelzebufo would have had quite a lot more attitude."
The animal sported a protective shield and powerful jaws that may have enabled it to kill hatchling dinosaurs. When we found out that that some of its relatives even have little horns on their heads, the 'devil frog from hell' seemed an even more appropriate name," Krause said.
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What is it about this most saffronly rotund of amphibians that makes them so interesting?
Perhaps it's their tendency to try to eat anything they can get their oversized mouths on..jpg)
They are, in fact, so ready and willing to consume anything within biting distance that it is recommended that owners feed these frogs with spoons.
Pac-Man frogs will tend to bite anything that moves. Never use your bare hands when feeding to avoid bites, they are one of the few frogs that do have teeth. This one just ate a mouse!
Pac man frogs are large, fat frogs, that seem to consist of two parts, a stomach and a mouth and appear to be designed solely to eat. Their latin name is: Ceratophrys ornata, and they are native to the tropical Rain forests of South America. 
They are often very colorful, usually green with dark red to black markings along their back, females slightly larger than males. Usually round in shape, with a mouth disportionately larger than the body appearing to look like Pac-Man characters.
This one, apparently, just put a bounty out on Han Solo. 
Aren't they beautiful? It's hard to believe they are even real!
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