Ehhh…
WHOOOSHHH!, right? 
Ehhh…
WHOOOSHHH!, right?
It might be a totally new colour, of course.
sorry to have bothered you guys, thought that you might be a bit more serious, … I know it sounds humorous, but then, it wasn’t you that got bit. thanks for your comments.
That’s just part of the nature of this board, there are people who will joke around. Just as there are people who will provide you with serious answers. In case you missed it the first time, take a look:
Don’t be so quick to assume that we don’t care about your question.
I did a search for flightless fungo bat, and there doesn’t seem to be such a thing. Can’t tell you the color of it’s tongue because it was dark on my first encounter with five or six of them and two days later when one appeared in the daylight sitting on my pants leg , it made a clicking sound and then disappeared. It is more than a little strange and hard to find anyone seriously interested in the possibilities. I’m not a scientist, just a bum.
DrFidelius, thank you for your comment, but where do I look for information on a flightless fungo bat species of the Chaco?
Er… I hesitate to barge in on this one because it appears that you folks might actually be serious.
When the sorta-frog (I think that would make a terrific name for this new species, BTW) bit you, you say your leg shrank?
How much? Do you mean you lost muscle mass, or did it wither, or what?
Most likely it isn’t a new or undiscovered species, just an animal that is rare and unfamiliar to you. A trip to the doctor and a description of the situation may yield the answer.
The flightless fungo bat is a joke. DrFidelius was playing with you, and apparently you missed the humor.
It happens to all of us. Don’t worry about it.
(As a note, the `fungo bat’ is a baseball term: The bat baseball batters use to warm up is a fungo bat.)
A frog I can think of in that area capable of a bite that can break skin is Ceratophrys Aurita. Never heard of a bite causing anything to shrink though. Both I and my SO have been bitten by one, and though it didn’t feel good, that was about the worst of it. I also don’t see one being able to hop or climb to the level of anyone’s hip. If you were laying down, maybe. They are nocturnal, so that fits in with you being bitten at night.
Please don’t think I don’t appreciate the humor you guys have. This incidence took place about three years ago, and only this past september was I able to return to the USA. And so far, nearly everyone thinks it a little humorous that I was bitten by a frog, given all the other things in the jungle that have teeth and nasty dispositions. I have managed to get the VA to do as much lab work on me as they can, but I doubt that there are any traces of anything left, my appointment is today and we will see.
Dutchboy 208, I guess lost muscle mass. I have a photo taken about three or four months after the incident, when my children thought that I was pulling there legs (pun intended). It is posted on our family webpage if you would like to see it. Go to http://groups.msn.com/DonJakada/lifehere.msnw, and it is picture six.
One of many articles online about the mystery apes:
It was obviously the Mexican Staring Frog of Sri Lanka.
Sorry, I got bored and wandered off.
The original question was answered. Get thee to a University or a good zoological garden. The folks there will have a lot of books with big pretty pictures to help you identify your attacker.
Identification by pseudonomial strangers on internet message boards can be less than accurate.