Yellow Dyer Tink Frog (Diasporus citrinobapheus) The Yellow Dyer Tink Frog (Diasporus citrinobapheus) is a small Eleutherodactyline frog found in the uplands of Panama. It gets its unusual name from its “tink-like” call as well as the fact that when handled, this species will stain your skin yellow. Here’s a photo showing one of our … Read more
Frog Blog: Pratts Poison FrogColostethus pratti Colostethus pratti from ColombiaPhotograph by Wilmar Agudelo Sánchezused under Creative Commons license granted in this iNaturalist record Pratt’s Poison Frog (Colostethus pratti) is another tiny striped dart frog from the neotropics. These small frogs in the genera Colostethus and Silverstonia are very similar looking and often live in the … Read more
Frog Blog: Banana TreefrogBoana platanera Boana platanera photo by Mateo Garcia Mejía Used under Creative Commons license granted in this iNaturalist record This recording was part of an all night recording I made at a pond at the edge of the Piedras Blancas National Park in southern Costa Rica. Boana platanera calling from Piedras Blancas … Read more
Frog Blog: Western Laughing TreefrogLitoria ridibunda When I first decided that I was going to the top end of Australia for the austral summer of 2023/2024, I of course looked at my frog books to see which new species I could encounter and record. One of the species I saw listed was an old friend, … Read more
Frog Blog: Daly Waters FrogRanoidea maculosa Daly Waters Frog (Ranoidea maculosa); photo used by Creative Commons License granted by iNaturalist user Ralph Foster (rfoster)from this record The Daly Waters Frog (Ranoidea maculosa) is a medium-sized rotund little “Cyclorana” style frog from the Northern Territory of Australia. It is named for the town of Daly Waters, … Read more
Frog Blog: Ornate Burrowing Frog Why am I creating a new, separate post for the Ornate Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum ornatum)? Simple, I got another, better recording of the species! My first recording was one of those “accidental finds” I come across in my recordings. I had recorded one in 2014 in Queensland but hadn’t known … Read more
Frog Blog: Turbo White-lipped FrogLeptodactylus poecilochilus The Turbo White-lipped Frog (aka Brown Foam-nest Frog) (Leptodactylus poecilochilus) is a small Leptodactylid found in mesic tropical forests from Costa Rica, through Panama and into Northern Colombia and Venezuela. map from iNaturalist.org This species seems to be common in ponds and flooded grasslands in forest clearing areas. It … Read more
Frog Blog: Striped Rocket FrogAllobates talamancae Striped Rocket Frog (Allobates talamancae) Photo by iNaturalist user “wasatch_hunter” Used under Creative Commons License granted in this iNat record The Striped Rocket Frog (Allomantes talamancae) is a tiny species of dart frog found Costa Rica, Panama, and then west of the Andes in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. … Read more
Frog Blog: Spotted Foam-nest FrogLeptodactylus insularum Leptodactylus insularum is known by a variety of common names, including Spotted Foam-nest Frog, Caribbean Ditch Frog, and San Miguel Island Frog. I will stick with the first name since it is the one iNaturalist uses and it makes as much sense as any. Those other names don’t … Read more
Frog Blog: Tatayo’s Glass FrogHyalinobatrachium tatayoi Tatayo’s Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi) is a small Centrolenid Frog that lives in the tropical lowland forests from southernmost Costa Rica, down through Panama and into NW Venezuela, and western Colombia and Ecuador. range map from iNaturalist.org The call of the Tatayo’s Glass Frog is best described as a … Read more