Longest leap by a frog relative to body size

Relative to its body size (average 5.5 centimetres/2.2 inches long for males and 6.6 centimetres/2.6 inches long for females), the frog species that can jump the farthest in a single leap is the South African sharp-nosed frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus). At the 1975 Calaveras County frog-jumping contest in California, USA, a member of this species, named "Ex Lax", leapt 5.35 metres (17 feet 6 inches); that's more than 90 times its own body length. Another contender for longest jumper in the frog world is the southern cricket frog (Acris gryllus). Native to North America's Atlantic Coast Plain, this grey-brown frog with a distinctive green snout and dorsal stripe measures only 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) long, but can jump a distance of more than 60 times its own body length in just a single leap.