Published 21:05 IST, February 14th 2020

Five-legged frog found in Australia undergoes amputation surgery

A five-legged green frog found in Australia's Queensland region has undergone a leg amputation surgery on Thursday. The frog was caught by Kristy Borchert.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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A five-legged green frog found in Australia's Queensland region has undergone a leg amputation surgery on Thursday. According to media reports, frog was caught by Kristy Borchert in backyard of her house in Mackay following which she contacted frog hospital Frog Safe. frog was nicknamed 'Buddy' and was taken to a hospital in Mission Beach to have superfluous limb amputated.

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Five-legged frog

As per reports, staff at Frog Safe hospital were amazed to see mutation in green frog. Deborah Pergolotti, a carer as hospital who has looked after fogs for 21 years said that she h never seen a frog with five legs. Pergolotti furr ded that fifth leg was growing out of frog's chest and despite it being functional, it was thought that its location was causing problem in frog's movement and in catching eugh food. According to Pergolotti, fifth leg of frog was coming straight out of middle of its chest which was a matter of concern for doctors before surgery. 

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In ar incident, a green tree frog miraculously survived after eating third most vemous snake in world. green tree frog was bitten multiple times by Coastal Taipan while trying to devour snake alive. incident happened in Queensland and frog was taken by Chapel Pest Control to be kept under surveillance for some time.

According to reports, man who took frog said he wasn't sure if frog was going to survive and he didn't want it to regurgitate snake alive and for it to slide back into woman's backyard, so he took frog with him.

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21:05 IST, February 14th 2020