History Main / AmphibianAtLarge

* In ''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'').

* ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' features ''Koolasuchus'', the last of a genus of giant amphibians known as Temnospondyls, in their episode focussing on polar dinosaurs.

* ''Project VideoGame/AlteredBeast'': 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]].

* ''WebOriginal/{{Amphiterra}}'' is a SpeculativeBiology project about an alternate timeline where instead of mammals or dinosaurs dominating the earth, it was the ''amphibians'', producing forms such as the mammoth-like Eon Toad or the tyrannosaur-like Catastrophic Fraggon.

* The second plague in the Literature/BookOfExodus is usually translated as the plague of frogs, but some rabbinic interpretations hold that it was one giant frog, or an AsteroidsMonster that kept splitting into more frogs every time the Egyptians hit it.[[note]]This is due to a grammatic irregularity along the lines of "a plague of frog", in the singular.[[/note]][[note]]This also gives us the [[JustForPun excellent pun]] ''{{Kaiju}}daism''![[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' has Bael and Dagon, two bosses fought by Nero in Mission 4 and Dante in Mission 15, respectively. They are large, toad-like demons each with [[AlluringAnglerfish two anglerfish like glowing feelers called Rusalka]] that they can use to lure prey or to attack defend themselves.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble:'' One episode has Ms. Marvel having to deal with a large toad which 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 One-Winged Angel form, towering over the ducks.

* ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'': One of the [[EldritchAbomination Great Old Ones]] is Tsathoggua, [[AnimalisticAbomination who resembles a giant furry toad]] [[MixAndMatchCritters with some bat and sloth traits]]. Compared to some of its kind, Tsathoggua isn't that dangerous he can actually be quite witty, [[AffablyEvil though he has still been written as hostile and temperamental]].

* ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'': One of the [[EldritchAbomination Great Old Ones]] is Tsathoggua, [[AnimalisticAbomination who resembles a giant furry toad]] [[MixAndMatchCritters with some bat and sloth traits]]. Compared to some of its kind Tsathoggua isn't that dangerous and he can actually be quite witty, [[AffablyEvil though he has still been written as hostile and temperamental]]

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' has giant frogs as a recurring enemy. They fit the atmosphere well, as they are more comical than threatening, and their lack of teeth allows a RunningGag of them almost swallowing Aqua or Megumin before being messily killed.

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

* ''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.

* Several of the prehistoric amphibian species rescued in ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'' are ''exactly'' as massive as they were in RealLife, with specific examples of said species including mastodonsaurus, proterogyrinus, and eryops (among others).

** The first game has the Dodonpa's pet monstrosity (and BonusBoss) 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.

* ''Literature/MoongobbleAndMe'': Book 5 has Moongobble and co. visit the Temple of Toadliness, which is home to an enormous stone toad. When they make the mistake of angering the oldest toad present though, he makes it come to life and chase them away.

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* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' has giant frogs as a recurring enemy. They fit the atmosphere well, as they are more comical than threatening, and their lack of teeth allows a RunningGag of them almost swallowing Aqua or Megumin before being messily killed.
* In ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'', Gloria is a Dragoon that manifests as a gigantic frog and chases Pacifica around until Zefiris disperses her form.
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** Season one episode "[[Recap/MightyMorphinPowerRangersS1EP12PowerRangerPunks Power Ranger Punks]]" had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Terror Toad (who was actually adapted from the aforementioned Dora Boogaranan in ''Zyuranger''), a man-sized toad who [[ForcedTransformation transformed two of the Rangers into spheres]] and consumed them, and then [[SwallowedWhole swallowed two others whole]], requiring [[TheChick Kimberly]] to defeat him and save her friends.

* 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 a apparently an unstable process, as he [[spoiler:further changes into a regular frog and gets run over by a police car.]]

* ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': As 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.

** ''4'' has Tetsucabra, a frog the size of a truck with large tusks, and Zamtrios, a half-frog half-shark creature the size of a tank. Zamtrios also has a juvenile form called Zamites that range from being as small as a regular frog to as big as a bear.
** ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise Rise]]'' adds Tetranadon, a {{kappa}}-like frog about as big as a car.

* 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 a apparently an unstable process, as he [[spoiler: further changes into a regular frog and gets run over by a police car.]]

* ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': As 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.

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* ''WebComic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': In a flashback, the gang is hired to safeguard a class of apprentice mages learning to summon demons into the bodies of small animals. The professor conjures up an ancient, powerful one into the body of a toad, which promptly devours him, grows to giant size, rampages through the city, and attempts to open a portal to hell the size of an entire city block.