Painted Reed Frog (hyperolius Viridiflavus)(Explore)
Wild South Africa
Limpopo Province
Painted reed frogs, also known as common reed frogs, are hard to describe because they come in so many colors and patterns. Some of them are striped in black and yellow from head to rump and on their legs. Some are speckled in green and black on a cream background or have a black-and-white spotted back and brown sides. Others are tan to brown with wide yellow and black bands on their sides and dark gray toes with orange tips. They have many different common names based on what they look like and where they live.
Unlike most frogs that hide during the daytime, some of the painted reed frogs sit out in the open. Often, the frogs that sit in plain view are those that are brightly colored. These colors may be a warning sign to the predators that the frogs are not good to eat because they have poisonous skin.
They mate during the rainy season. The males sing together in choruses or groups, which sounds like the ringing of small bells and can make a lovely music in the African grasslands and forests. Males call from tall reeds and edges, along the shores of ponds, but sometimes also call from taller bushes and trees.
Photographed in the Drakensberg Mountains near Blyde River Canyon while running after dragonflies.
Painted Reed Frog (hyperolius Viridiflavus)(Explore)
Wild South Africa
Limpopo Province
Painted reed frogs, also known as common reed frogs, are hard to describe because they come in so many colors and patterns. Some of them are striped in black and yellow from head to rump and on their legs. Some are speckled in green and black on a cream background or have a black-and-white spotted back and brown sides. Others are tan to brown with wide yellow and black bands on their sides and dark gray toes with orange tips. They have many different common names based on what they look like and where they live.
Unlike most frogs that hide during the daytime, some of the painted reed frogs sit out in the open. Often, the frogs that sit in plain view are those that are brightly colored. These colors may be a warning sign to the predators that the frogs are not good to eat because they have poisonous skin.
They mate during the rainy season. The males sing together in choruses or groups, which sounds like the ringing of small bells and can make a lovely music in the African grasslands and forests. Males call from tall reeds and edges, along the shores of ponds, but sometimes also call from taller bushes and trees.
Photographed in the Drakensberg Mountains near Blyde River Canyon while running after dragonflies.