【英文原文】

Desert Spadefoot Frog, Australia, 1999

"A desert spadefoot frog surfaces with a wary stare at Australia's Alice Springs Desert Park. Life hides in unexpected places: These frogs wait for rain deep in the outback's red sands—for years, if need be."

—From "The Variety of Life," February 1999, National Geographic magazine

【中文翻译】

一只沙漠中的锄足蟾露出沙面，警惕地盯着澳大利亚的爱丽丝泉沙漠公园。生物总藏匿在想不到的地方：这些蟾在内地的红沙深处等待雨水——如果需要，它们会等待多年。

——摘自1999年《国家地理杂志》2月号《生物的多样性》