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Table 4 provides a rough estimate of the total weight of 6,771 species of adult male and female amphibians alive today and a calculated overall average weight for these adult amphibians based on this total.
Estimates are based on as large of sampling as practical using online resources. As adult amphibian weights for a particular species can vary considerably depending on age, sex, and other factors, averaging became the preferred method. Rough average adult weights were calculated for each sample species in a group (i.e order or family). Then these rough average adult weights were averaged for the group. This group average then was multiplied with few exceptions times the number of species in the group times two to give a total weight for male and female couples in the group. All total weights for the groups were then added together to give the total weight of the female and male adult amphibians. The rough overall average weight per amphibian was then determined by dividing the latter total weight first by two and then by total number of amphibian species.
Table 4 - Extant Amphibian Weights
Amphibians
Ref.
No. of
Amphibian Adult Weights
and Sizes
Adult Ave.
Ave. of
Total Wt.
No.
Species
from References
Wt. Used
Adult Ave.
Males +
from
Wt. Used
Females
Ref.
(oz)
(oz)
(oz)
Anura
1
5966
around
1.19
14228
-6
Less: Anura species listed separately
Panamanian Golden Frog
2
f 0.14 to 0.53 oz m 0.11 to 0 .42 oz
0.30
Panamanian Golden Frog
3
f 1.8 to 2.5 in m 1.4 and 1.9 in
Indus Valley bullfrog
4
to 170 mm
4.15
e
Chacoan Monkey Frog
5
about 2 to 3 in
0.47
e
Hochstetter's frog
6
approx. 8 g about 4.5 cm
0.28
Hairy frog
7
about 80 g approx.10 cm
2.82
African Clawed Frog
8
2.11 to 7.04 oz
4.58
African Clawed Frog
9
5 in
American bullfrog
10
to 1.1 lb 3.6 to 6 in SVL
13.20
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
11
0.2 to 0.5 oz
0.35
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
12
2 in
Cuban Tree Frog
13
2 oz
2.00
Cuban Tree Frog
14
3 to 5.5 in
Rain frog
15
to 5 g to about 5.5 cm
0.18
Pickerel frog
16
m 4.4 cm to 5.8 cm f to 7.9 cm
0.30
e
Couch’s spadefoot frog
17
3 in
0.85
e
White's Tree Frog
18
2 to 5 oz
3.50
White's Tree Frog
19
to 4.5 in
Spring peeper frog
20
0.11 to 0.18 oz < 1 in to 1.5 in
0.14
Pig frog
21
3.25 to 5.5 in SVL
3.70
e
Foothill yellow-legged frog
22
1.46 to 3.23 in
0.42
e
Poison dart frog
23
1 oz aver.
1.00
Poison dart frog
24
0.5 to 2.5 in
Golden poison frog
25
to 55 mm
0.20
e
Golfoduclean Poison Dart Frog
26
1 in
0.05
e
New Mexico spadefoot toad
27
1.5 to 2.5 in
0.25
e
Northern crawfish frog
28
3 to 4 in
1.85
e
Leopard frog
29
3.5 to 4.5 in
3.20
e
African red toad
30
about 3.5 in
1.85
e
Sonoran desert toad, Colorado river toad
31
7 in or more
4.70
e
Common frog
32
0.8 oz ave. 2.4 to 3.5 in
0.80
Common toad
33
to about 6 in
3.80
e
Red Spotted Toad
34
to 3 inch
0.35
e
Oak toad
35
0.75 to 1.3 in
0.05
e
Kelaart's toad
36
f 1.4 to 2.0 in m 1.0 to 1.3 in
0.12
e
Reinwardt's gliding frog
37
to 3.5 in
0.50
e
Barking tree frog
38
2.0 to 2.8 in
0.46
e
African common toad
39
m to 3.5 in f 4.7 in
3.28
e
Eastern leopard toad
40
3 to 5 in
3.20
e
Surinam Toad
41
100 to 160 g about 20 cm
4.59
Wood frog
42
to 0.3 oz to 3.25 in
0.23
Fejervarya sahyadris
43
about 22 mm
0.05
e
Sanderson's hook frog
44
0.83 to 1.02 in SVL
0.06
e
Siberian wood frog
45
0.79–0.98 in
0.06
e
Doichang frog
46
2.6–3.0 in
0.75
e
Blanford's frog
47
m 1.7 in f 1.9 in
0.25
e
Bale Mountains frog
48
m 0.75 to 0.87 in f 0.91 to 1.06 in SVL
0.06
e
Mary's frog
49
1.3 in
0.01
e
Red-eyed tree frog
50
1.5 to 2.75 in
0.30
e
African dwarf frog
51
to 2.5 in
0.25
e
Fire-bellied toad
52
about 2 in
0.27
e
Tailed frog
53
0.98 to 2.0 in
0.13
e
Yellow-bellied toad
54
larger m and f to betw. 35 and 55 mm
0.20
e
P. amauensis
55
0.30 in smallest frog
0.02
e
Darwin's frogs
56
to 1.2 in
0.06
e
Gardiner's Seychelles frog
57
to 0.4 in
0.02
e
Shrub frogs
58
0.59 to 4.72 in
0.55
e
Moor frog
59
5.5 to 6.0 cm long
0.35
e
Crawfish frog
60
2.2 to 3.0 in length
0.50
e
Northern red-legged frog
61
3.1 in
0.90
e
Dybowski's frog
62
1.8 to 3.0 in
0.45
e
Japanese brown frog
63
m 48 mm ave. f about 54 mm
0.28
e
Columbia spotted frog
64
m 47 g 80 mm f 103 g 100 mm
2.65
Mississippi gopher frog
65
ave. 3 in
0.85
e
Iberian midwife toad
66
to 1.6 in
0.09
e
Hula painted frog
67
1.6 in
0.15
e
Bornean flat-headed frog
68
to 3.0 in
0.35
e
Yunnan firebelly toad
69
m to 1.9 in f to 1.8 in
0.26
e
Eastern spadefoot
70
2 to 3 in
0.47
e
Giant webbed frog
71
6.5 in
4.75
e
Southern Cricket Frog
72
f 16 to 33 mm m 15 to 29 mm
0.05
e
Burmese horned toad
73
m to 3.5 in f to about 5.4 in
1.30
e
Kakhien Hills spadefoot toad
74
m 3.8 in f to 4.0 in
3.10
e
Leptolalax aereus
75
m 0.98 to 1.14 in f 1.1 to 1.5 in
0.06
e
Fejervarya iskandari
76
1.6 to 1.7 in
0.17
e
Thao Asian toad
77
m 1.1 to 1.3 in f 1.4 to 1.5 in
0.10
e
Amazon milk frog
78
2.5 to 4 in
1.20
e
Squirrel tree frog
79
1.5 in
0.14
e
European tree frog
80
m 1.3 to 1.7 in f 1.6 to 2.0 in
0.15
e
Parsley Frog
81
1.25 to 2 in
0.15
e
California red-legged frog
82
1.7 to 5.5 in
2.25
e
Red-spotted toad
83
3.7 to 7.5 cm
0.35
e
Conrauidae (family)
84
6
64.20
770
Goliath frog
85
1.32 to 7.17 lb 6.7 and 12.6 in SVL
67.92
Giant slippery frog
86
25 to 32 cm SVL
60.48
e
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14999
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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibians#Order_Anura:_Frogs_and_Toads
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamanian_golden_frog
3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamanian_golden_frog
4 http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Hoplobatrachus&where-species=tigerinus
5http://willdlife.wikia.com/wiki/Chacoan_Monkey_Frog
6 http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/hochstettersfrog.php
7 http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/hairyfrog.php
8http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/african-clawed-frog.aspx
9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_clawed_frog
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bullfrog
11 http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/oriental-fire-bellied-toad.aspx
12https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_fire-bellied_toad
13 http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/cuban-tree-frog.aspx
14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_tree_frog
15 http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/rainfrog.php
16 http://people.wcsu.edu/pinout/herpetology/rpalustris/pickerelfroglife.html
17http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_spadefoot.php
18 http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/whites-tree-frog.aspx
19https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_green_tree_frog
20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_peeper
21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_frog
22https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foothill_yellow-legged_frog
23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_dart_frog
24 http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/animal.aspx?id=8
25https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_poison_frog
26 http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Golfoduclean_Poison_Dart%20Frog.php
27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_spadefoot_toad
28http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-crawfish-frog
29 http://www.californiaherps.com/identification/frogsid/frogs.id.html#LeopardFrogs
30https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_red_toad
31 http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_desert_toad.php
32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_frog
33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_toad
34 http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_redspotted_toad.php
35 http://www.movingplanets.com/world/animals/oak-toad/
36https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenomus_kelaartii
37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophorus_reinwardtii
38 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_gratiosa
39https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_common_toad
40 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/northern-leopard-frog/
41http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/surinamtoad.php
42 http://www.britannica.com/animal/wood-frog
43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fejervarya_sahyadris
44https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynobatrachus_sandersoni
45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_amurensis
46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doichang_frog
47https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorana_blanfordii
48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bale_Mountains_frog
49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcalus_mariae
50http://animalofthewould.wikia.com/wiki/Red-Eyed_Tree_Frog
51 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_dwarf_frog
52 http://www.britannica.com/animal/fire-bellied-toad
53https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailed_frog
54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_toad
55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedophryne_amauensis
56https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinodermatidae
57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner's_Seychelles_frog
58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophoridae
59https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor_frog
60 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawfish_frog
61 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_red-legged_frog
62https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybowski's_frog
63 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_brown_frog
64 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/protected_species/amphibians/species/col_spotted_frog.html
65https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_gopher_frog
66 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_midwife_toad
67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_painted_frog
68https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornean_flat-headed_frog
69 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan_firebelly_toad
70 http://www.movingplanets.com/world/animals/eastern-spadefoot/
71https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discodeles_guppyi
72 http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Southern-Cricket-Frog.aspx
73https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytarsophrys_carinense
74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytarsophrys_feae
75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptolalax_aereus
76https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fejervarya_iskandari
77 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptolalax_pelodytoides
78 http://cincinnatizoo.org/blog/animals/amazon-milk-frog/
79http://jacksonvillezoo.org/listingDetails.aspx?listingID=7020&pageID=15577
80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_tree_frog
81 http://www.theanimalfiles.com/amphibians/frogs/parsley_frog.html
82https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_red-legged_frog
83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-spotted_toad
84 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conraua
85https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_frog
86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_slippery_frog
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamanian_golden_frog
3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamanian_golden_frog
4 http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Hoplobatrachus&where-species=tigerinus
5http://willdlife.wikia.com/wiki/Chacoan_Monkey_Frog
6 http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/hochstettersfrog.php
7 http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/hairyfrog.php
8http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/african-clawed-frog.aspx
9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_clawed_frog
10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bullfrog
11 http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/oriental-fire-bellied-toad.aspx
12https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_fire-bellied_toad
13 http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/cuban-tree-frog.aspx
14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_tree_frog
15 http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/rainfrog.php
16 http://people.wcsu.edu/pinout/herpetology/rpalustris/pickerelfroglife.html
17http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_spadefoot.php
18 http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton_valley_zoo/animals/whites-tree-frog.aspx
19https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_green_tree_frog
20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_peeper
21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_frog
22https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foothill_yellow-legged_frog
23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_dart_frog
24 http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/animal.aspx?id=8
25https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_poison_frog
26 http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Golfoduclean_Poison_Dart%20Frog.php
27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_spadefoot_toad
28http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-crawfish-frog
29 http://www.californiaherps.com/identification/frogsid/frogs.id.html#LeopardFrogs
30https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_red_toad
31 http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_desert_toad.php
32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_frog
33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_toad
34 http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_redspotted_toad.php
35 http://www.movingplanets.com/world/animals/oak-toad/
36https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenomus_kelaartii
37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophorus_reinwardtii
38 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_gratiosa
39https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_common_toad
40 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/northern-leopard-frog/
41http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/surinamtoad.php
42 http://www.britannica.com/animal/wood-frog
43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fejervarya_sahyadris
44https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynobatrachus_sandersoni
45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_amurensis
46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doichang_frog
47https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorana_blanfordii
48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bale_Mountains_frog
49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcalus_mariae
50http://animalofthewould.wikia.com/wiki/Red-Eyed_Tree_Frog
51 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_dwarf_frog
52 http://www.britannica.com/animal/fire-bellied-toad
53https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailed_frog
54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied_toad
55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedophryne_amauensis
56https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinodermatidae
57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner's_Seychelles_frog
58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophoridae
59https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor_frog
60 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawfish_frog
61 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_red-legged_frog
62https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybowski's_frog
63 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_brown_frog
64 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/protected_species/amphibians/species/col_spotted_frog.html
65https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_gopher_frog
66 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_midwife_toad
67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_painted_frog
68https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornean_flat-headed_frog
69 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan_firebelly_toad
70 http://www.movingplanets.com/world/animals/eastern-spadefoot/
71https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discodeles_guppyi
72 http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Southern-Cricket-Frog.aspx
73https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytarsophrys_carinense
74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytarsophrys_feae
75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptolalax_aereus
76https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fejervarya_iskandari
77 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptolalax_pelodytoides
78 http://cincinnatizoo.org/blog/animals/amazon-milk-frog/
79http://jacksonvillezoo.org/listingDetails.aspx?listingID=7020&pageID=15577
80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_tree_frog
81 http://www.theanimalfiles.com/amphibians/frogs/parsley_frog.html
82https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_red-legged_frog
83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-spotted_toad
84 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conraua
85https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_frog
86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_slippery_frog