AHB Series 13 – Common Rain Frog – Breviceps adspersus | Frog

THE GRUMPY BALLOON · squeaks when cross

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

Too Round to Hop

With its stubby legs and globe-shaped body, the rain frog waddles rather than leaps, and cannot swim well either — a frog that has given up jumping almost entirely.

The Squeak of Protest

When threatened it puffs itself up to look bigger and emits a high, squeaky call — a defense so endearingly grumpy it has made the rain frog an internet celebrity.

A Backward Burrower

It spends most of its life underground, digging backward into sandy soil with its hind feet and emerging mainly after rain — which is exactly how it got its name.

Grumpy on the Outside

Behind the permanent frown is a harmless little insect-eater, going about its business in the soil of southern Africa — here immortalized in all its round, cross-looking glory.