[4] This frog has become popular in pet stores due to its comical flat appearance and intelligent behavior.

During this time it will remain inactive underground in a cocoon of shed dead skin which protects it from losing water until it emerges.

[4][6] If this behavior does not deter the intruder they will make a shrill screech, bite, and corner the target.

[7] They are nocturnal and hunt at night, submerged up to their nostrils waiting for prey to pass by.

A pair will reproduce and deposit a mass of fertilized eggs in temporary pools of water.

The embryo develops at a rapid rate over two weeks, in order to metamorphize into mobile adolescent form before the breeding pool dries up.

A ten to twenty gallon tank is generally recommended, without aquarium gravel because it causes digestive issues.