The funny-looking puffed up frog is only found on the forested slopes of the southern Cape fold mountains in South Africa and spends most of its time underground.

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How a frog jump-started Mark Twain's career. The 88 days Twain spent in the verdant, mineral-rich mountains some 100 miles east of San Francisco during the rainy winter of 1864-65 are seen as a ...

CALAVERAS COUNTY (CBS13) — Mark Twain wrote "The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County," and more than a century-and-a-half later, the competition is hotter than ever. The jubilee just ...

Hop on by the Calaveras County Fair this week for an annual competition that's sure to be ribbit-ing. The winner of the Jumping Frog Jubilee is whoever can get the frog to jump the furthest.

It was published as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" in The Californian on Dec. 16, 1865 — it is under this title that it most frequently appears today.

The Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee started Thursday in Angels Camp, also known as Frogtown, USA.One of the longest-running fairs in California, the four-day event always begins on ...