Editing Goliath frog (section)

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Goliath frog
| image = Goliath Frog.jpg
| image_caption = Model at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2019 |title=''Conraua goliath'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T5263A96062132 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5263A96062132.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Conraua goliath
| authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1906)
| range_map = RangeMapConrauaGoliath.png
| synonyms = *''Rana goliath'' <br/>{{small|Boulenger, 1906}}
*''Gigantorana goliath'' <br/>{{small|— [[Gladwyn Kingsley Noble|Noble]], 1931}}
*''Paleorana goliath'' <br/>{{small|— [[:fr:Giuseppe Scortecci|Scortecci]], 1931}}
*''Rana (Conraua) goliath'' <br/>{{small|— [[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1936}}
*''Conraua goliath'' <br/>{{small|— [[:fr:Maxim Lamotte|Lamotte]], [[:fr:Jean-Luc Perret|Perret]] & [[S. Dzieduszycka|Dzieduszycka]], 1959}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref>"''[[species:Conraua goliath|Conraua goliath]]''". Wikispecies.</ref>
}}

The '''goliath frog''' ('''''Conraua goliath'''''), otherwise known commonly as the '''giant slippery frog''' and the '''goliath bullfrog''', is a species of frog in the family [[Conrauidae]]. The goliath frog is the largest living frog.<ref name="amnh2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/frog/frog.html |title=Goliath Frog|publisher=The American Museum of Natural History |year=2007 |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="gonefroggin">{{cite web |last1=Macle |first1=Adam |title=10 Largest Frogs and Toads in the World |url=https://gonefroggin.com/2017/01/22/10-largest-frogs-and-toads-in-the-world/ |website=Gone Froggin |date=22 January 2017 |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> Specimens can reach up to about {{convert|35|cm|in}} in [[snout–vent length]] and {{convert|3.3|kg|lb}} in weight.<ref name=Colgan1982>{{cite book | last=Colgan | first=P.V | year=1982 |title=The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats | edition=3 | publisher=Guinness Superlatives | pages=118–119 | isbn=978-0851122359 }}</ref> This species has a relatively small habitat range in [[Cameroon]] and [[Equatorial Guinea]].<ref name="sabater1985"/> Its numbers are dwindling due to [[habitat destruction]], collection for food, and the [[pet trade]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />