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A giant frog that hopped around Madagascar 65–70 million years ago has been discovered. Fossil fragments show that the frog, called Beelzebufo ampinga, could have measured 20 centimeters across its squat head, and probably more than 40 centimeters from snout to tail. The researchers nicknamed the monstrous beast "the frog from hell"; the official name comes from one of the many names for the devil (Beelzebub) and the Latin for "toad" (bufo).

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