photo from Marco Rada, Pedro Henrique Dos Santos Dias, José Luis Pérez-Gonzalez, Marvin Anganoy-Criollo, Luis Alberto Rueda-Solano, MarÃa Alejandra Pinto-E, Lilia MejÃa Quintero, Fernando Vargas-Salinas, and Taran Grant Common Name: Magdalena Giant Glass FrogScientific Name: Ikakogi tayronaFamily: Centrolenidae - Glass Frog familyLocations: ColombiaSize: 1.2 inches (28 mm) The Magdalena Giant Glass Frog is found in… Continue reading Magdalena Giant Glass Frog (Ikakogi tayrona)
Category: Frog of the Week
Hurter’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus hurterii)
photo by Zack Bittner Common Name: Hurter's Spadefoot ToadScientific Name: Scaphiopus hurteriiFamily: Scaphiopodidae - American Spadefoot Toad familyLocations: United States and MexicoUS Locations: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and OklahomaSize: 1.75 - 3.25 inches (4.4 - 8.3 cm) The Hurter's Spadefoot Toad is named after naturalist Julius Hurter, former curator of the St. Louis Academy of Science.… Continue reading Hurter’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus hurterii)
Tarahumara Frog (Rana tarahumarae)
photo by Jim Rorabaugh of USFWS Common Name: Tarahumara FrogScientific Name: Rana tarahumaraeFamily: Ranidae - True Frog familyLocations: United States and MexicoUS Locations: ArizonaSize: 2.5 - 4 inches (64 - 102 mm) The Tarahumara Frog is found in the montane canyons of southern Arizona and down into Mexico. Their main habitat is rocky streams and… Continue reading Tarahumara Frog (Rana tarahumarae)
Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
photo by Todd Pierson Common Name: Western Chorus Frog or Midland Chorus FrogScientific Name: Pseudacris triseriataFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocations: Canada and the United StatesUS Locations: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and TennesseeSize: .3 - 1.5 inches (10 - 37 mm) The Western Chorus Frog is a poorly named frog, due… Continue reading Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii)
photo by William Flaxington Common Name: Foothill Yellow-Legged FrogScientific Name: Rana boyliiFamily: Ranidae - True Frog familyLocations: United StatesUS Locations: California and OregonSize: 1.5 - 3.2 inches ( 3.8 - 8.1 cm) The Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog is known for the yellow markings on the underside of their legs and extends to their belly. They live… Continue reading Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii)
Three-striped Poison Frog (Ameerega trivittata)
photo by Geoff Gallice Common Name: Three-striped Poison FrogScientific Name: Ameerega trivittataFamily: Dendrobatidae - Poison Dart Frog familyLocations: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and VenezuelaSize: 2 inches (50 mm) for females, 1.65 inches (42 mm) The Three-striped Poison Frog is a diurnal species of frog found among the leaf litter in… Continue reading Three-striped Poison Frog (Ameerega trivittata)
Black Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis moreletii)
photo by Sean Michael Rovito Common Name: Black Eyed Tree Frog, Morelet's Treefrog, or Black Eyed Leaf Frog Scientific Name: Agalychnis moreletiiFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog FamilyLocations: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico Size: females around 2.5 inches (64.2 mm), males around 2.3 inches (58.6 mm) The Blacked Eyed Tree Frog is the less… Continue reading Black Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis moreletii)
Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea)
photo by LiquidGhoul Common Name: Green and Golden Bell Frog Scientific Name: Litoria aureaFamily: Hylidae - True Frog familyLocations: AustraliaIntroduced Locations: New Caledonia, New Zealand, and VanuatuMale Size: 2.2 - 2.7 inches (57 - 69 mm)Female Size: 2.5 - 4.2 inches (65 - 108 mm) While the Green and Golden Bell Frog is a member… Continue reading Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea)
Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
photo by Charles J Sharp Common Name: Marsh FrogScientific Name: Pelophylax ridibundusFamily: Ranidae - True Frog FamilyLocations: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania,… Continue reading Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
Coquà Llanero (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi)
photo by the USFWS Common Name: Coquà Llanero, Plains CoquÃ, or Puerto Rican Wetland Frog Scientific Name: Eleutherodactylus juanariveroiFamily: EleutherodactylidaeLocations: Puerto RicoAverage Male Size: .58 inches (14.7 mm)Average Female Size: .62 inches (15.8 mm) The Coquà Llanero was only recently described in 2005 by Neftalà Rios. It is found only in the wetlands in a… Continue reading Coquà Llanero (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi)