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The Four-lined, or Common, Tree Frog.
Family : RHACOPHORIDAE
Species : Polypedates leucomystax
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 7.5 cm, Male 5.5 cm
The common tree frog is a highly adaptable, arboreal species which occurs in a variety of habitats including forest edge, agricultural clearings, wetlands, shallow pools and semi-urban areas. Often found perched on leaves and branches 1-3m above the ground, usually in the vicinity of water.
During rainstorms this frog is easily located by its distinctive call, which is a loud, duck-like 'quack'.
It breeds at the margins of shallow pools, where it constructs a foam nest on vegetation or rocks, which protects the fertilized eggs. The tadpoles develop inside the foam nest, and either tumble into the pool below as they grow bigger, or are washed into the pool during showers of rain. The tadpoles are large (up to 3 cm), and may be identified by the presence of a pale spot at the tip of the snout.
Ok sorry about the lack of nature shots recently but I didn't have any I liked until this one of the frogs down my backgarden! Expect a lot of frog shots over the summer. I hope you enjoy the shot:)
Shankill,Co.Dublin,Ireland
This is a masked tree frog. One of the guides at Casa Corcovado in Costa Rica scooped it from the swimming pool at dusk.
This beautiful amphibian lives on Pirre mountain on the border of Panama and Colombia. Some people call Atelopus the stub-foot toads because the etymology of word 'Atelopus' translates to "incomplete end of toe". However, a more commonly used name for this group of animal is harlequin toads because their bright patterns and colors are reminiscent of a court jester costume. Atelopus are true toads because they are in the toad family Bufonidae and while they don't resemble the more familiar brown, warty toad species, they do lay the double-stranded strings of eggs characteristic of toads. All toads are also members of the tail-less amphibian order Anura (Frogs), so sometimes they are also called harlequin frogs.
I was at the Zoo, when I spotted this little guy on a leaf. The Zoo guy told me it was "just a motorbike frog".
Motorbike Frog (Litoria moorei)
The southwest's most commonly encountered frog. A large, powerfully built frog with relatively long hind limbs. Back colour is extremely variable ranging from green with gold mottling (after basking in sunlight) to an almost uniform dark brown (colder conditions). The belly is pale green to light brown. The end of the fingers and toes have obvious discs and the toes are partially webbed. Males have black 'nuptial' pads on outer surface of thumbs during breeding season. Length up to 7.5 cm.
The call has two components: a rising series of tones similar to a motorbike changing gears, followed by a series of warbling growls. The call can only be heard within a few hundred metres
In the japanese garden. Tennessee Iris Garden at Ellington Agricultural Center and Park, Nashville, Tennessee.
Malaysian Tree-hole frog (Metaphrynella pollicaris). ID credit: Ingomar. Montane Forest of Banjaran Bintang, Perak, Malaysia.
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Another frog from the 2nd visit from petland. I'll try to get a collage together of the cute visitors from both days.
Lithobates clamitans clamitans from South Carolina. These frogs are common throughout the Carolinas, though they are sometimes mistaken for young bullfrogs. An easy way to distinguish the two is the presence of the dorsolateral fold in the bronze frog, which runs from the rear of the eye toward the rear of the frog. The dorsolateral fold is absent in bullfrogs.
Ryukyu brown frog
Rana ulma
Babina okinavana
Location: Northern Okinawa
My IUCN contribution www.iucnredlist.org/details/58685/0
Red-eyed tree frogs come from rain forests of Costa Rica in Central America.
Why do they have such bright red eyes? Some believe that it is also a form of protection called "startle coloration". These frogs tend to be active at night, so if the frog is awakened in the daytime, as might happen if a predator chanced upon it despite its excellent day time camouflage, the eyes pop abruptly open. Since they are suddenly so bright, they startle the predator, who is likely to pause, if only for a moment. Big eyes staring at you could be those of an enemy, poised to attack. A moment's hesitation would be all the agile tree frog would need to make a leap to safety