photo by Vincent Rufray Common Name: Golden Eyed Tree Frog, Chocolate Milk Frog, Surinam Gold Eyed Milk Tree Frog, Surinam Casque-headed Tree Frog, Leathery Sticky FrogSpanish Name: Rana Arbórea Gomosa de CueroScientific Name: Trachycephalus coriaceusFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocation: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and SurinameFemale Size: 2.0 - 2.6 inches (53 - 65 mm)Male… Continue reading Golden Eyed Tree Frog (Trachycephalus coriaceus)
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Caribbean White Lipped Frog (Leptodactylus albilabris)
photo by emanuel echevarria Common English Name: Caribbean White Lipped Frog, Antillean White Lipped FrogSpanish Name: Ranita de Labio Blanco, Sapito de Labio BlancoScientific Name: Leptodactylus albilabrisFamily: LeptodactylidaeLocation: British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin IslandsSize: 1.4 inches (36 mm) The Caribbean White Lipped Frog is a semi-aquatic frog, named after… Continue reading Caribbean White Lipped Frog (Leptodactylus albilabris)
Sao Tome Giant Reed Frog (Hyperolius thomensis)
photo by Luke Verburgt Common Name: Sao Tome Giant Reed Frog, Sao Tome Giant Tree FrogScientific Name: Hyperolius thomensisFamily: Hyperoliidae - African Reed Frog familyLocation: Sao TomeFemale Size: 1.6 - 1.9 inches (42 - 49 mm)Male Size: 1.4 - 1.6 inches (36 - 41 mm) The Sao Tome Giant Reed Frog is the largest species… Continue reading Sao Tome Giant Reed Frog (Hyperolius thomensis)
Toads and Frogs of Bahrain
Bahrain is home to only one frog species and zero toads! For a small island nation that is mostly desert, that's not bad. Common Name:Â Marsh FrogScientific Name:Â (Pelophylax ridibundus) The Marsh Frog lives and breeds in fresh water springs around the main island. However, over use of the Damman Aquifer has decreased the stream's fresh water… Continue reading Toads and Frogs of Bahrain
Kirthisinghe’s Rock Frog (Nannophrys marmorata)
photo by Sanjaya Kanishka Common Name: Kirthisinghe's Rock Frog, Marbled Streamlined FrogScientific Name: Nannophrys marmorataFamily: Dicroglossidae - Forked Tongue FamilyLocation: Sri LankaFemale Size: 1.8 inches (45.1 mm)Male Size: 1.4 inches (35.4 mm) The Kirthisighe's Rock Frog lives in the streams and moist grassy areas of the eastern Knuckle Mountain range. The area has a short… Continue reading Kirthisinghe’s Rock Frog (Nannophrys marmorata)
Sira Poison Frog (Ranitomeya sirensis)
photo by Demian Hiß Common Name: Sira Poison FrogScientific Name: Ranitomeya sirensisFamily: Dendrobatidae - Poison Dart Frog familyLocation: Bolivia, Brazil, and PeruSize: 0.6 - 0.7 inches (15 - 17 mm) The Sira Poison Frog belongs to the genus Ranitomeya, nick named the Fingernail Dart Frogs due to their incredibly small size that allows them to… Continue reading Sira Poison Frog (Ranitomeya sirensis)
Tropical Clawed Frog (Xenopus tropicalis)
photo by Alex Rebelo Common Name: Tropical Clawed Frog, Western Clawed Frog, and Forest Clawed FrogScientific Name: Xenopus tropicalisFamily: Pipidae - Tongueless Frog familyLocation: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo (maybe Mali)Introduced Location: United States - FloridaSize: 1.1 - 1.6 inches (28 - 40… Continue reading Tropical Clawed Frog (Xenopus tropicalis)
Balkan Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates balcanicus)
photo by Wouter Beukema Common Name: Balkan Spadefoot Toad or just Balkan SpadefootScientific Name: Pelobates balcanicusFamily: Pelobatidae - European Spadefoot Toad familyLocation: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and TurkeyFemale Size: 1.9 - 3.9 inches (48–100 mm)Male Size: 1.8 - 3.7 inches (46–94 mm) The Balkan Spadefoot Toad spends most of their time burrowed… Continue reading Balkan Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates balcanicus)
Cuchumatan Golden Toad (Incilius aurarius)
photo by Todd Pierson Common Name: Cuchumatan Golden ToadScientific Name: Incilius aurariusFamily: Bufonidae - True Toad familyLocations: Guatemala and MexicoFemale Size: 2 - 3.1 inches (53.1 - 79.5 mm)Male Size: 2.1 - 2.6 inches (54.5 - 67.5 mm) The Cuchumatan Golden Toad lives in the cloud forests on the border of Guatemala and Mexico. The… Continue reading Cuchumatan Golden Toad (Incilius aurarius)
Green-thighed Tree Frog (Nyctimystes brevipalmatus)
photo by Indra Bone Common Name: Green-thighed Tree FrogScientific Name: Nyctimystes brevipalmatus / Litoria brevipalmata Family: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocation: AustraliaSize: 1.6 inches (40 mm) The Green-thighed Tree Frog gets its named from the green markings in its thighs, that can also be blue in color. They live in rainforests, eucalypt forests, and heath. They… Continue reading Green-thighed Tree Frog (Nyctimystes brevipalmatus)