Tiny frog
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Tiny frog
Since spring we have seen many frogs in our yard. There were masses of them in the grass in late spring. We also have seen more Garter Snakes than usual. One of my grandchildren cornered a Garter Snake for a bit on our front stoop.
I just finished closing our pool after relocating several frogs, including several Leopard Frogs and a gigantic Bullfrog, to a permanent pond.
This little denizen--about the length of the tip of my little finger-- was a lot more skittish than the Tree Frogs I usually post photos of. I took these shots about a week ago.
Jim
I just finished closing our pool after relocating several frogs, including several Leopard Frogs and a gigantic Bullfrog, to a permanent pond.
This little denizen--about the length of the tip of my little finger-- was a lot more skittish than the Tree Frogs I usually post photos of. I took these shots about a week ago.
Jim
They are so fragile and so oftentimes ingnored, especially by land developers. Don't know what kind it is, though I see a faint "x" on its back in the first image. Yeah, when I see that, the first thing to come to mind is P. crucifer but it probably is not. I am not to keen on frogs, identification wise that is, but I do find them interesting and beautiful creatures.
Awh - cute little thing
Brian V.
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Nice find!
It looks like some kind of forest or tree frog.
In my country is very common small green European tree frog (Hyla arborea).
See Frog princess... and Cutie on my finger.
It looks like some kind of forest or tree frog.
In my country is very common small green European tree frog (Hyla arborea).
See Frog princess... and Cutie on my finger.
The meaning of beauty is in sharing with others.
P.S.
Noticing of my "a" and "the" and other grammar
errors are welcome.
P.S.
Noticing of my "a" and "the" and other grammar
errors are welcome.
This is a Spring Peeper.
Was once placed in Hyla but is now Pseudacris crucifer
Was once placed in Hyla but is now Pseudacris crucifer
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
Ken: Frogs have 4 legs and are usually wet; bugs usually have more than 4 legs, sometimes with wings (no frogs have wings) and are usually dry.
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
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I've always been fascinated by Spring Peepers; first as a child collecting them, later as an adult delighting in their chorus. What still puzzles me is their life history; they emerge from winter presumably from being buried in mud/earth in the tens of thousands, sing in huge mating aggregations and then seam to just disappear. Other than the idea that they are a high turnover prey I've never heard of a thorough natural history account of this common species.
EDIT: I take that back- just did a web search species account. Wow. Feeling my age now- I remember spending hours pouring over journals deep in the stacks- the internoodle has changed everything. Truely amazing.
EDIT: I take that back- just did a web search species account. Wow. Feeling my age now- I remember spending hours pouring over journals deep in the stacks- the internoodle has changed everything. Truely amazing.
Phil Savoie
My yard has a decent-sized colony of Garter Snakes. I know they like to eat frogs and their toad kin. They certainly have some effect on frog population.
When we first moved here I spotted a large snake under one of our outdoor chairs working on swallowing a toad that looked far too big for him.
I grabbed my SLR (B&W film) and photographed the progress. I sold a group of the shots to the local newspaper and they published it.
They republished the photos several years later and paid me again.
Jim
When we first moved here I spotted a large snake under one of our outdoor chairs working on swallowing a toad that looked far too big for him.
I grabbed my SLR (B&W film) and photographed the progress. I sold a group of the shots to the local newspaper and they published it.
They republished the photos several years later and paid me again.
Jim