History Main / AmphibianAtLarge

* ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'': The giant prehistoric toad ''Beelzebufo'' makes a brief appearance, eating a baby ''Masiakasaurus'' that strays away from its mother.

* In prehistoric times, a number of gigantic amphibians known as Temnospondyls lived, including ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodonsaurus Mastodonsaurus]]'' from the Middle Triassic (and as mentioned above one of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs), ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryops Eryops]]'' from the Early Permian, and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolasuchus Koolasuchus]]'' from the Early Cretaceous.
* The middle Permian temnospondyl ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prionosuchus Prionosuchus]]'' was even larger than the aforementioned ''Mastodonsaurus'' and ''Koolasuchus'', with the largest found specimen estimated to be ''9 meters'' long, far larger than even the largest crocodilians today. It also resembled a crocodile and likely filled their niche before true crocodilians evolved.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' takes place in a world of anthropomorphic amphibians scaled up to human size, which means larger species are gargantuan by comparison. The episode "Quarreler's Pass" features olms the size of dragons, and King Andrias, who is based on the Chinese giant salamander, is LargeAndInCharge taken to the extreme.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The main antagonist of the episode "The House of the Lucky Gander!" is Toad Liu Hai, an ancient spirit taking the shape of an anthropomorphic toad. In the episode's climax, he takes a OneWingedAngel form, towering over the ducks.

* In ''VideoGame/LordOfTheRingsOnline'', your character can encounter and battle fantastic amphibians of unusual size, among them toxic toads and fire-breathing salamanders (which are actually a class of ''dragon'').

* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'': The toads of Mount Myoboku can be summoned with jutsu. They come in a range of different sizes, including some gargantuan ones. Hanzo meanwhile can summon a gigantic salamander instead.

* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In ''ComicBook/TheQuestForKalevala'', Creator/DonRosa interprets ''Literature/TheKalevala'''s monster Iku-Turso as a [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/8f/c0/278fc03dcf4cbb4ffce052ae045aa6a4.jpg giant amphibian]]. At the climax of the story it goes on a rampage across Helsinki.
* In an early ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' story a man--presumably a mad scientist--drinks a potion which turns him into the enormous Garko, the Man-Frog. It's apparently an unstable process, as he [[spoiler:further changes into a regular frog and gets run over by a police car.]]

* ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': While exploring an alien jungle and fending predators off, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} run into a car-sized, brown-skinned amphibian, similar to the prehistoric ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodonsaurus Mastodonsaurus.]]'' Although it is definitely a meat-eater, Superman shoos it away easily.

* ''Film/PansLabyrinth'': One of Ophelia's tasks is to retrieve a key from the belly of a giant toad. Although it's not aggressive, it's large enough to scare her and gross her out. The fact that she has to make it vomit up the key is especially {{Squick}} inducing.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'' parodies the plague of frogs with the plague of ''frog'', one giant frog who just kept everyone awake with his croaking into an air vent.
* ''Literature/TheEnchantedFiles'': As explained in ''Diary of a Mad Brownie'' / ''Cursed'', toads in the Enchanted Realm are far larger than in the human world, big enough for a foot-tall brownie to ride on comfortably (size-wise, at least -- the hopping is ''rather'' uncomfortable).

* In ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'', Gloria is a Dragoon that manifests as a gigantic frog and chases Pacifica around until Zefiris disperses her form.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''

* Plague Toads from ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are large, plague-filled toads that act as attack beasts for the armies of [[{{Plaguemaster}} Nurgle]]. Some Plaguebearers manage to corral them as mounts, taking up the mantle of Pox Riders.
* Parodied in the ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' scenarion "Landscape With Quaint Features", which is centred around a sort of cut-price [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos sunken R'lyeh]] in the form of a village at the bottom of a lake. The dread entity that was the object of the villagers' crazed cult has [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly survived by being worshipped]] by [[AnimalReligion the lake's frogs]], but because this doesn't provide ''much'' belief, the powers he bestows on his amphibian followers includes making them ''very slightly'' larger.

* VideoGame/Fallout76 has the car-sized Radtoads, who will attack you up-close with their pronged tongues and use their offspring as bombs that they can lay down around the environment.

* ''VideoGame/GaryoRetsuden'' have giant frogs and toads - the size of horse carriages - as GiantMook enemies capable of absorbing plenty of hits before going down.
* ''Videogame/GoldenSun'':
** The first game has the Dodonpa's pet monstrosity (and OptionalBoss) Toadonpa, a surprisingly tough giant toad with poisonous attacks. When defeated, it lands on Dodonpa as he sneaks up on the party to backstab them. Recolored variants appear in another BonusDungeon as Devil Toads.
** ''Videogame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' has Sludge, a gigantic salamander-like creature living under Kolima who tries to drown the party as they explore the dungeon.
* ''VideoGame/KingsBounty Armored Princess'': the Orcs of Dersu Island worship a [[GiantAnimalWorship colossal frog]] as their god, feeding it humongous quantities of food to keep it pacified. A sidequest for the rival Goblin tribe on Uzala Island has you slay the frog.
* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'': One of Impa's special attacks involves summoning an enormous frog to flatten all opposition.
* Throughout ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', there are a race of mostly human-sized aquatic people (with a few being much larger than humans) called the Zora. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', we see infant Zora, who look like large tadpoles, implying that the Zora are, in fact, amphibians.
* ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has the Deku Toad, a gargantuan amphibian who drops from the ceiling and is defeated by hitting its tongue. Midna panics at the sight of it.
* In ''VideoGame/LordOfTheRingsOnline'' your character can encounter and battle fantastic amphibians of unusual size, among them toxic toads and fire-breathing salamanders (which are actually a class of ''dragon'').

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPC'' (unrelated to above) have a level, "Hopping Mad!", containing giant frogs regularly dropping into the area, which can flatten the Hunter if he's directly underneath.

* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast2005'': Due to the mutations by the [[TheVirus Genome Mist]], many toads and frogs grow to the size of (short) humans. One of the bosses, Sasquatch, is a much larger frog crossed with a gorilla with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]].

* ''VideoGame/SpiritualAssassinTaromaru'' have a gigantic Surinam Toad ([[MisplacedWildlife in Japan, go figure]]) serving as one of the bosses, who attacks you while you're on a raft. If you deplete it's health enough, it then [[SwallowedWhole swallows you on the spot]] leading to a WombLevel.

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* In ''Podcast/TrialsAndTrebuchets'', the minor villain Laud is a Slaad, a large, bipedal, toad-like monster.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble:'' One episode has Ms. Marvel having to deal with a large toad that was being transported by the NYPD until it got lose. No explanation is ever given as to the whys and wherefores.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'': The main antagonist of the episode "The House of the Lucky Gander!" is Toad Liu Hai, an ancient spirit taking the shape of an anthropomorphic toad. In the episode's climax, he takes a OneWingedAngel form, towering over the ducks.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch", one of the native species of Kif's planet is a "poisonous froad", a giant purple amphibian that almost eats Bender until Kif scares it off.
* ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'': In the episode''The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book'' is villain is Dr. Croaker, a giant frog in white doctor's coat and the archenemy of Shaggy and Scooby's favorite comic book superhero, Commander Cool.

* WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo: In the episode''The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book'' is villain is Dr. Croaker, a giant frog in white doctor's coat and the archenemy of Shaggy and Scooby's favorite comic book superhero, Commander Cool.