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Australia, Costa Rica, frogs, nature, photography, toads, travel, wildlife
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Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus), Alberto Manuel Biological Station, Costa Rica
Leaf Litter Frogs are adorable, but tiny and very hard for me to identify (at a guess, Incilius melanochlorus?), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Leaf litter Frog (maybe Leptodactylus insularum?), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Smilisca phaota, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Smilisca phaota (aka Alejandro), Campanario Biological Station, Costa Rica
Glass frog (Cochranella albomaculata), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Yes? Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Smilisca phaota, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri), Rothrock State Forest, USA
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer), Central PA, USA
American Toad (Bufo americanus), Black Moshannon State Park, USA
American Toad (Bufo americanus), Central PA, USA
Cane Toad (Bufo marinus), Brisbane, Australia
As a quick aside, frogs and toads are often confused with each other. They represent separate families, although technically all toads are frogs, not all frogs are toads. But the “true frogs” are representatives of the family Ranidae; they have bulging eyes, big jumping hind legs, and smooth skin. In contrast, toads have warty skin, shorter hind legs, and big noticeable glands behind the eyes.
I’ve had strange frog symbols coming up lately, so your post is timely. I return from Montana 8/31. When will you be in Colorado Springs? I know you’ll be super-busy with your family and wedding, but if it gets to be too much, I thought we could have coffee/tea or something. No worries if you don’t have time…..
I have a knack for timing these posts this week! My other friend and I both posted about Damselflies on the same day, then another friend just visited a funny taxonomy museum and I wrote about that…now you and frogs! Perfect.
It would be delightful to have tea! I’m going to be in the Springs Sept 1 through Sept 5…the wedding is on Sunday, and I’m planning on hiking Pikes Peak on Tuesday. When are you free?
Please email me – easier to access from work than my blog is. kdkhadacek@pobox.com
How about Monday Sept 3? A holiday for me, so I have it off.
Sorry, Standingoutinmyfield, but when I woke up today I realized how silly I am. It’s a 2 1/2 hour drive from my house to Co Sp on a good day, which didn’t sound that bad. Then I realized that the traffic would be much worse, since it’s the last day of a holiday weekend. Maybe, it’s not such a good idea. It would mean a 5-7 hour drive round-trip, which does sound a bit icky….
Ah, you are probably right! Oh well…I was a nice notion, anyhow. I’m still happy to be visiting CO!
Cute frog pics. Like the glass frog one especially. We have lots of frogs and toads around here, some are so tiny….about the size of your thumbnail. Will try to remember the difference between the two. Frogs, smooth skin and bulging eyes and big hind legs. Toads, bumpy skin and smaller legs and glands behind the eyes (this one I will have to look at the toads again to see). thanks!
Those glass frogs are really something special…the only animal I know of where bone colour is in the identification guide! The leaf litter frogs are about the size of your thumbnail too. I am always surprised by how tiny they are in real life.
Wedding? You? Well anyway… I can have a really hard time telling the difference and probably mistake them all the time. If they are hopping around not near water makes me think they are dry toads. In water, shiny frogs. Is that a bad way to tell the difference? I think one the most fascinating creatures that I saw in Costa Rica were the frogs. So many different colors and kinds. Your photo of the spider and leaf was how I saw many of them, in shadow view.
Haha, surprised are you? Well, it’s actually my sister’s wedding, but I’m amused. That is a pretty reliable way to distinguish them most of the time, but in the tropics there are many frog species found far away from water. I love the silhouettes!
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