An example of a "dafade jafa", or "dry frog" collected on the island of Corotas (Yemen) in 1996. This mummified specimen was located adjacent to the معبد البرمائيات, the prehistoric (3800-2100 BCE) "Amphibian Temple", where in 1850 French Archeologist Mr Éric LaFromboise of the School of Carcassonne found over 300,000 mummified remains of salamanders, toads, newts and frogs in a hidden vault, perhaps as an offering to a hitherto unknown deity.
