If you haven’t already seen this, you’re in for a squeaky treat.
This is the Namaqua rain frog, a tiny South African frog with a squeaky battle cry—yes, that’s the noise it makes when it feels threatened. A full-sized Namaqua rain frog can be bigger than a walnut shell, but not much bigger. So, when danger is near, it inflates its body like a balloon and emits a blood-curdling squeak. So much fiercer than a walnut!
And if you’re wondering about all that sand on its body, this frog—weirdly—doesn’t live near or in water. It lives in dry, sandy burrows. You can read more about the Namaqua rain frog here: https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/24991-Breviceps-namaquensis