Meaning of shovelnose frog | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.

Examples

“Shovelnose frogs, fat little things, lumpy-backed and moss-coloured, come together to mate, the male climbing on the back of the female as she digs down into the ground away from the river.”

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