tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502871791376533942024-03-18T23:50:25.390-05:00Frog BlogAn online to portal to learn a bit more about some frogs and their calls.Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-35977481257799423842024-03-10T21:00:00.032-05:002024-03-13T13:16:44.280-05:00Pickerel Frog - Finally!Lithobates palustris<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/154143563.I6xEYgJ3.Lithobates_palustris66.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/154143563.I6xEYgJ3.Lithobates_palustris66.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">FINALLY......I recorded a Pickerel Frog calling!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Pickerel Frog (<i>Lithobates palustris)</i> is not a rare frog. It is quite common and widespread across the eastern United States. Unfortunately, it is not common nor widespread in Texas and in spite of decades of looking for them, I have never seen or heard one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, as is a long-standing tradition for me, I made the long drive into the forests of East Texas during the spring of 2024 to see if I could find one of these little "snorers". Unfortunately, although we had had warmer than average weather in the preceding week and some rain had fallen, the night I arrived at the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge it was cooler than usual. We drove around listening and recording Spring Peepers and Cajun Chorus Frogs hoping to hear something else. But by 9pm, the temperature had dropped into the low 50s and that usually puts a damper on frogs calling in Texas on dry nights.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Right before we were headed back to the hotel, we stopped at one last flooded roadside forested area. This spot was right next to the road and train tracks so it was full of trash and plastic bottles - hardly a pristine vernal pool.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I recorded some Spring Peepers and some Southern Leopard Frogs when suddenly, I heard a long snore just a few feet away into the forest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/926763.mp3"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/926763.mp3">My first Pickerel Frog call!</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pickerel Frog!!!!! After years of standing in the cold on spring nights, I finally found one!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of the Pickerel Frog is maybe best described as a long snore, although there is a percussive component to the spectrogram that you don't see in the "buzzy snores" of the Spadefoots.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's one of this frog's "snores" -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U0OCiUILVu4FmoOIUGZlXdcIHhzj3M9j32FX7I-XY8P8MYCoA0Bu4WQrM8zc8yYR2p_Y_L4XgmZ5xdF0vUM1uxB19xjdbJTkUsy33pTNx5eYRCLAbjEp2Q7j5brHRl5Ul3DUNEgcTdDI4s3UET8vixHSUWjRgAg6qOQ1RdXG0hKQD-hTP871BgzedQ/s784/palustris_spectrogram.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="784" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U0OCiUILVu4FmoOIUGZlXdcIHhzj3M9j32FX7I-XY8P8MYCoA0Bu4WQrM8zc8yYR2p_Y_L4XgmZ5xdF0vUM1uxB19xjdbJTkUsy33pTNx5eYRCLAbjEp2Q7j5brHRl5Ul3DUNEgcTdDI4s3UET8vixHSUWjRgAg6qOQ1RdXG0hKQD-hTP871BgzedQ/w640-h422/palustris_spectrogram.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, we were tired and wet, and there was a barbed wire fence keeping us from getting over to see the frog, so I substituted a captive photo from decades ago. I guess because we were so tired (it was a 6 hour drive to get there, and we had been listening to frogs in the cold for several hours already), I decided that we would come back tomorrow night when it was forecast to be warmer and get a nice stereo recording.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Needless to say, the next night it was just as cold and there were no Pickerel Frogs calling. I'm glad I at least got something the night before. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is my 38th of the 42 (maybe 44 now) species occurring in Texas. Maybe I can get lucky and knock off another two this year? I still need Houston Toad (<i>Anaxyrus houstonensis</i>), American Toad (<i>Anaxyurus americanus</i>), Pig Frog (<i>Lithobates grylio</i>), and White-lipped Frog (<i>Leptodactylus fragilis</i>) of the native species and Greenhouse Frog (<i>Eleutherodactylus planirostris</i>) and Cuban Treefrog (<i>Osteopilus septentrionalis</i>) of the introduced species. There is a newly described/about to be described Chirping Frog species I might still need although I won't know that until I see a range map.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will leave you with a bit more of the recording of the Spring Peepers, Southern Leopard Frogs and Pickerel Frogs from this dirty roadside ditch.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/927297.wav"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/927297.wav">Pickerel Frog and neighbors</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">__________________<br />© Chris Harrison 2024<br /></span></p>
Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0JVR3+G7 Karnack, TX, USA32.6412524 -94.14679199999999132.637638630304053 -94.151083534423819 32.644866169695945 -94.142500465576163tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-39594423067553785042024-01-04T22:20:00.015-06:002024-03-05T10:09:18.645-06:00Stonemason ToadletUperoleia lithomoda<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/168657579/original.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="800" height="503" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/168657579/original.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Uperoleia lithomoda</i>, photo by Richard D. Reams (CC license)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Stonemason Toadlet (<i>Uperoleia lithomoda</i>) is another small toadlet from the Top End of Australia. Like the other "toadlets" in the Australian genus <i>Uperoleia</i>, they are neither toads nor related to toads. They are related to other Australian Ground Frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. It is another of the many examples where the English words "frog" and "toad" fail to adequately describe the broad diversity of Anurans that are found throughout the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like other <i>Uperoleia</i>, the Stonemason Toadlet remains burrowed underground through much of the year and only emerges to breed during the rains of the wet season. I recorded these Stonemason Toadlets calling next to the road in Kakadu National Park after some heavy rains on the evening of January 4, 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I never saw the toadlets making this call, so I am once again indebted to the generosity of other photographers who allow their iNaturalist record photos to be used under a Creative Commons License. This great photo was posted by Richard D. Reams (username <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/people/rreams" target="_blank">rreams</a>) on <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101015335" target="_blank">his record</a> for the species from further west in the Northern Territory.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of the Stonemason Toadlet sounds like the clicking of stones together, or as the common name implies, the sound of a stonemason at work. For those of use more familiar with North American frog calls, it is reminiscent of the clicking of our Cricket Frogs (genus <i>Acris</i>).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this recording, you hear Stonemason Toadlets calling against a background of the raspy calls of the Desert Treefrog (<i>Litoria rubella</i>). <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875659.wav">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875659.wav">Uropelia lithomoda calling from Kakadu National Park</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">___________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">© Chris Harrison 2024
</span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com05QVJ9RMP+XC-12.6150987 132.8360223-12.648602604835563 132.80169002460937 -12.581594795164438 132.87035457539062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-36057341098472430052024-01-04T21:16:00.005-06:002024-03-02T19:02:00.217-06:00Remote Froglet Crinia remota
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/186840064/original.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/186840064/original.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> The Remote Froglet (<i>Crinia remota</i>) is a small frog of the Australian Top End. Unfortunately, although I have managed to record a few species of <i>Crinia </i>while in Australia, I have never managed to see one of the little buggers! They are tiny frogs that call from flooded grassy areas and seem to stop calling/disappear as soon as you approach or shine a light on them. 😒</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So once again I am forced to rely on the generosity of others who have agreed to allow their photos to be used under a Creative Commons License. The <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110728234" target="_blank">photo above</a> was taken by Aaron Bean (username <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/people/beaniana08" target="_blank">beaniana08</a> on iNaturalist) and is used under the terms of the Creative Commons license he granted to iNaturalist.org.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of the Remote Froglet is an ascending trill, somewhat remniscent of the calls of many of our North American Chorus Frog (<i>Pseudacris</i> species). This chorus was calling from a grassy, flooded roadside ditch in Kakadu National Park northwest of the town of Jabiru on a rainy January night at the beginning of 2024.</span></p>
<p><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875091.wav"><audio><br />
<a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875091.wav">Remote Froglet (Crinia remota) calling in Kakadu National Park</a>
<p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">_____________________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">© Chris Harrison 2024<br /></span></p></audio></audio></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com05QVJ9RVV+JM-12.6059004 132.8441431-12.639403886361229 132.80981082460937 -12.572396913638769 132.87847537539062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-1094946912986396392024-01-04T21:15:00.032-06:002024-03-02T18:39:33.801-06:00Black-shinned Rocket FrogLitoria tornieri<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/345988604/original.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/345988604/original.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Black-shinned Rocket Frog (<i>Litoria tornieri</i>) is found on in Australia's "Top End" from the Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia and along the norther tier of the Northern Territory. There are a number of these "ranid-looking" rocket frog species across Australia but in the Kakadu area, this was the species I most commonly encountered.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adults are around 1.5 inches (3.5cm) in total length and are typically reddish-brown or grayish-brown with a few irregular black spots along the sides. The area along the edge of the snout and through the eye to the tympanum (ear) is marked with a dark "mask". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This species was common in the swampy savannah woodlands through Kakadu National Park. I heard them calling from most flooded areas after rains and found a large number hopping across the roads at night.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Their call could be described as a two-part "ribbit" although it isn't like the North American Pacific Coast <i>Pseudacris </i>species from where that common frog onomatopoeic call name originates. It is more "buzzy" and less "croaky" than the American Pseudacris that made the "ribbit" name synonymous with frog calls.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's a cleaned up recording of a few calling from along the road in Kakadu National Park</span></p>
<p><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/914025.mp3"></audio><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/914025.mp3"><i>Litoria tornieri</i> isolated recording</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here's another recording from the same spot, but with some Remote Froglets (<i>Crinia remota</i>) adding their dry trills above the Rocket Frogs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875098.wav"></audio></span>
<br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875098.wav"><i>Litoria tornieri </i>calling with <i>Crinia remota</i></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">___________________________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">© Chris Harrison 2024<br /></span></p>
<p></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Arnhem Highway/Oenpelli Rd, Kakadu NT 0822, Australia-12.6232962 132.8285213-12.656797865166773 132.79418902460938 -12.589794534833228 132.86285357539063tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-22354803667822691922024-01-04T21:01:00.004-06:002024-03-05T10:10:44.977-06:00Fat (Jabiru) ToadletUperoleia crassa/arenicola<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN03MYVZdPOdzhP7-DggyLba-uQVLrmhOp7o_DDlVKb84It_eew_rTooj1O_O1a5eLdI41GzeorXRz73IxGp9QtBieHatvZbHloDjRoG-G8uZrGeniq_P-rJzeceiYF_xPIQAp3KTJ2yJu0nng8pSfYkx1W_icmEqfGjAMMxybO9OZCpCrk-9GfIuoQ/s1280/PXL_20240104_110950716.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN03MYVZdPOdzhP7-DggyLba-uQVLrmhOp7o_DDlVKb84It_eew_rTooj1O_O1a5eLdI41GzeorXRz73IxGp9QtBieHatvZbHloDjRoG-G8uZrGeniq_P-rJzeceiYF_xPIQAp3KTJ2yJu0nng8pSfYkx1W_icmEqfGjAMMxybO9OZCpCrk-9GfIuoQ/w640-h360/PXL_20240104_110950716.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Fat Toadlet (<i>Uperoleia crassa</i>) is a small toadlet of the Australian Top End. It is found from northeastern Western Australia, east through the top end of the Northern Territory and down into northwestern Queensland. However, there is another species of <i>Uperoleia</i>, the Jabiru Toadlet (<i>U. arenicola</i>) that was described from the rocky savannas on western edge of Arnhem Land (north-central NT). This falls inside the range of the Fat Toadlet (<i>U. crassa</i>). Several authorities question whether the Jabiru Toadlet (<i>U. arenicola</i>) is a valid species or whether it is just a population of the more widespread Fat Toadlet (<i>U. crassa</i>).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These Toadlets that I recorded in January 2024 were technically in the range of the Jabiru Toadlet, if such a creature exists. In fact, I was only 12miles NNW of the town of Jabiru for which they are named. But if the Jabiru Toadlet isn't a valid species, then these are Fat Toadlets (<i>U. crassa</i>). So I can't say which species they are, just that they are whichever <i>crassa/arenicola</i> species occurs in western Arnhem land.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not only are the Fat and Jabiru Toadlets visually indistinguishable according to authorities on the genus, but their calls sound the same as well. The excellent Australian Museum Frog ID page does not have a recording of <a href="https://www.frogid.net.au/frogs/uperoleia-arenicola" target="_blank">Jabiru Toadlets</a>. It does have <a href="https://www.frogid.net.au/frogs/uperoleia-crassa" target="_blank">Fat Toadlet </a>recordings, and they sound pretty similar to mine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of these Toadlets is hard to describe in words. I guess a short, buzzy "beep" or descending "be-ohp" might be a start, but there is also a shorter "chuck" call interspersed. I can't put it into words, but here's a couple calling from a roadside in Kakadu National Park from January 2024 after some rains. You figure out what they are saying! 😆</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875067.wav"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875067.wav">Fat Toadlets calling</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this second recording, you hear a larger chorus with the croaking of an Australian Green Treefrog (<i>Ranoidea caerulea</i>) in the background.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875072.wav"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875072.wav">Fat Toadlets calling</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">____________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">© Chris Harrison 2024<br /></span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com05QVJCV45+RH-12.5928981 132.858877-12.626404906951485 132.82454472460938 -12.559391293048513 132.89320927539063tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-8390773572724005972023-12-31T21:41:00.018-06:002024-03-07T13:19:04.303-06:00Hidden-ear FrogRanoidea cryptotis<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/343690243/original.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/343690243/original.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The Hidden-ear Frog (<i>Ranoidea cryptotis</i>) is a medium-sized dumpy frog of the Australian north. It is found from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, east through the Northern Territory and into northern Queensland. The common name "hidden-ear" as well as the specific epithet cryptotis are references to the fact that this frog lacks an obvious external tympanum (eardrum) as is seen in other members of the genus. </span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In color they are brown or green mottled, usually with a orange mid-dorsal stripe.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/343690256/original.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/343690256/original.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In general appearance, these reminded me of one of the North American Spadefoots (Scaphiopodidae) and they live a similar lifestyle. They remain burrowed in the soil for much of the year but emerge during the wet season to breed in flooded roadside ditches, ponds and swamps.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not only do they visually remind me of the Scaphiopodidae, but their call has the groaning sound of many of the spadefoots. The call could be described as a groaning "woah, woah" produced over and over again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, where I recorded these frogs there was a deafening chorus of other species calling (<i>Ranoidea australis, Ranoidea longipes, Litoria rubella, Litoria inermis, Litoria ridibunda Uperoleia lithomoda </i>and others). Here's a video where I tried to focus on the Hidden-ear Frogs, but you can hear how loud the others were. It was uncomfortable to the ears to be standing in this chorus!</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cFJgDkcqOjQ" width="640" youtube-src-id="cFJgDkcqOjQ"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's my recording of those choristers. The clicking sound is the Stonemason Toadlet nearby.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/868872.wav"></audio></span><br>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/868872.wav">Hidden-ear Frog</a></span>
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© Chris Harrison 2023</span></p><p></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Kununurra WA 6743, Australia-15.7783483 128.7439001-44.088582136178843 93.587650099999991 12.531885536178846 163.9001501tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-37496479870881434782023-12-31T20:35:00.030-06:002024-03-02T19:55:14.145-06:00Ornate Burrowing Frog - revisitedPlatyplectrum ornatum<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Why am I creating a new, separate post for the Ornate Burrowing Frog (<i>Platyplectrum ornatum</i>)? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Simple, I got another, better recording of the species!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My first recording was one of those "accidental finds" I come across in my recordings. <a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2015/10/striped-marsh-frog-limnodynastes-peroni.html" target="_blank">I had recorded one in 2014 in Queensland</a> but hadn't known what the sound was until much later. But this time I got to see the little frogs calling and got a much better recording.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/343689973/original.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/343689973/original.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the evening of December 31, 2023 we were staying in Kunanurra, Western Australia. It was the beginning of the wet season in this arid region, but the area immediately around the town hadn't received any rain yet. On the afternoon of December 31st, the sky opened up and it rained heavily for a few hours. I know it was New Year's Eve and all, but an opportunity to go frogging after the first heavy seasonal rainfall in the desert doesn't come along every year. New Year's Eve does, and I've seen plenty of fireworks before. So off I went.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I only got a mile or so out of town before the sounds of frogs calling in the ditches made me stop. Next to the road in this little drainage ditch there was this magical little frog chorus emanating from it. I peeked over to see who the singers were and found this group of a dozen or more little floating <i>Platyplectrum </i>singing their "doop" call. It was much less sharply percussive than my previous experience with the species and it had a charm that made it one of my favorite frog choruses of the whole trip down under.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, there was a very loud Desert Treefrog (<i>Litoria rubella</i>) right next to where I put my microphones so he drowned out a lot of the calls. I had to filter that out so you could enjoy the little floating chorus of "doop!" frogs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875973.wav"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875973.wav">a <i>Platyplectrum </i>"doop!" party</a></span>
</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">_______________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">© Chris Harrison 2023<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com06M9H+26 Kununurra WA, Australia-15.7824904 128.6780239-15.815526663121851 128.64369162460937 -15.74945413687815 128.71235617539062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-64851949912763327982023-12-29T18:41:00.005-06:002024-03-05T10:08:44.124-06:00Western Laughing TreefrogLitoria ridibunda<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/346955861/large.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/346955861/large.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> 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, the <a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Litoria%20rothii" target="_blank">Northern Laughing Treefrog (<i>Litoria rothii</i>)</a>. I had encountered these frogs about 10 years earlier in many areas in northeastern Queensland.</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, doing a bit of updated research on the Australian Museum's Frog Identification page (and App), I was delighted to learn that the population of Laughing Treefrogs in the Top End was now a new species, the Western Laughing Treefrog (<i>Litoria ridibunda</i>). So I would get another new frog!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, for all practical purposes, the Western Laughing Treefrog is pretty much indistinguishable from its eastern cousin and sounds very similar. I found and recorded this species a number of places in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Pretty much anywhere there was water, this species was present. This was similar to the distribution of its eastern sister species as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of this species is.....well.....a laughing sound. In this recording from Fogg Dam Conservation area, you hear this species calling with crickets and later the buzzy trill of the Northern Sedge Frog (<i>Litoria bicolor</i>) and at the end, the distant metallic "ponk" of the Marbled Frog (<i>Limnodynastes convexiusculus</i>)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875532.wav"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875532.wav">Western Laughing Treefrogs from Fogg Dam</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this second recording from Kakadu National Park, we hear a Laughing Treefrog along with the buzzy trills of the Northern Sedge Frogs (<i>L. bicolor</i>) again.
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875662.wav">Western Laughing Treefrogs from Kakadu National Park</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">___________________<br />© Chris Harrison 2024<br /></span></p>
<p></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Kununurra WA 6743, Australia-15.7783483 128.7439001-44.088582136178843 93.587650099999991 12.531885536178846 163.9001501tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-83456551102844395162023-12-26T19:20:00.016-06:002024-03-02T19:30:16.827-06:00Northern Sedge FrogLitoria bicolor<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/346955603/large.jpg" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/346955603/large.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />The Northern Sedge Frog or Northern Dwarf Treefrog (<i>Litoria bicolor</i>) is a tiny frog of wet grassy meadows, flooded grassy areas and vegetated ponds and lakes along the northern tier of Australia. They occur from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, across the "Top End" of the Northern Territory and also in the tropical northeastern parts of Queensland.<br /></span>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These area slender green or brownish frogs with a pale whitish lateral stripe from the upper lip all the way to the back legs. An adult is slightly over an inch long (3cm). They can have a greenish or tan dorsum and some individuals show a prominent dark stripe along the back as well.</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/158997154.ZqoERyIf.Litoria_fallax05484.jpg" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/158997154.ZqoERyIf.Litoria_fallax05484.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875513.wav"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/875513.wav">Northern Sedge Frogs calling</a></span>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The call of the Northern Sedge Frog is a series a short "chucks" followed by an insect-like buzzy trill. We heard this species calling day and night in grassy areas along waterways all across the top end of Australia. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have tried to record this species before, but had a lot of difficulty hearing them. The problem was that I was in northern Queensland where this species is sympatric with the very similar Eastern Sedge Frog (<i>Litoria fallax</i>). These two species are very difficult to distinguish visually. The only way I was certain the frogs and recordings in this post are <i>L. bicolor</i> was that they were from the Northern Territory and outside the range of <i>L. fallax</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Normally in my blog when that's a problem, there is an easy fix - they have different calls. However the calls of the Northern and Eastern Sedge Frogs are very similar to the ear and differ in subtle structural ways. I will create a separate "similar species" post discussing those two species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">_____________________<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> © Chris Harrison 2024</span></p><p></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Anzac Parade, Middle Point NT 0822, Australia-12.562183 131.3020126-12.570560486203435 131.29342953115236 -12.553805513796563 131.31059566884767tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-8790080858571954482023-12-20T09:56:00.000-06:002024-03-07T13:21:57.724-06:00Lifelist Updates for 2024<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spent the holiday season of 2023/24 on a trip to the top end of Australia. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Didn't spend a lot of time recording frogs but I did get to add a few species to my recording lifelist.</span> I am still working my way through my recordings and identifying new choristers so this list will grow hopefully. Some of my IDs are still tentative so I hope to get some feedback through iNaturalist.<br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2024/01/black-shinned-rocket-frog-litoria.html">Black-shinned Rocket Frog (<i>Litoria tornieri</i>)</a><br /><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/12/northern-sedge-frog-litoria-bicolor.html">Northern Sedge Frog (<i>Litoria bicolor</i>)</a><br /><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/12/western-laughing-treefrog-litoria.html" target="_blank">Western Laughing Treefrog (<i>Litoria ridibunda</i>)</a> - a newly described species<br /><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2024/01/fat-jabiru-toadlet-uperoleia.html" target="_blank">Fat/Jabiru Toadlet (<i>Uperoleia crassa/arenicola</i>) </a><br /><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2024/01/stonemason-toadlet-uperoleia-lithomoda.html" target="_blank">Stonemason Toadlet (<i>Uperoleia lithomoda</i>)</a><br /><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2024/01/remote-froglet-crinia-remota.html">Remote Froglet (<i>Crinia remota</i>)</a><br />Long-footed Frog (<i>Ranoidea longipes</i>)<br />Daly Waters Frog (<i>Ranoidea maculosa</i>) - maybe?<br />Australian Giant Frog (<i>Ranoidea australis</i>)<br /><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/12/hidden-ear-frog-ranoidea-cryptotis.html" target="_blank">Hidden-ear Frog (<i>Ranoidea cryptotis</i>)<br /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Although not a new species, I also got better recordings of another Australian species:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/12/ornate-burrowing-frog-revisited.html" target="_blank">Ornate Burrowing Frog (<i>Platyplectrum ornatum</i>)<br /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will be adding the species accounts and recordings for those species in the coming weeks as I confirm their IDs.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So, a bit of updating to the lifelist means it looks like this....</span></span><div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Family</u></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Genus</u></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Number of species recorded so far</u></span></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Bufonidae</span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Anaxyrus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">10</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Incilius</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Rhinella</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hylidae</span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Acris</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Boana</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Dendropsophus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hyla</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Pseudacris</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Osteopilus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Scinax</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Smilisca</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Triprion</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pelodryadidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Litoria</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">9</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Nyctimystes</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Ranoidea</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">8</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Microhylidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Austrochaperina</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hypopachus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Gastrophryne</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Myobatrachidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Crinia</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Limnodynastes</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1 <br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Platyplectrum</i><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1 <br /></span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><i>Uperoleia</i><br /></span></td><td><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2 <br /></span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Craugastoridae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Craugastor</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Pristimantis</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<span face="sans-serif">Eleutherodactylidae</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Diasporus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Eleutherodactylus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Centrolenidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hyalinobatrachium</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Cochranella</i></span></span></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span>1</span><br /></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Leptodactylidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Leptodactylus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span>Engystomops</span></i><br /></span></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>1</span><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Ranidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Lithobates</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Dendrobatidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Oophaga</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hemiphractidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Flectonotus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Aromobatidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Mannophryne</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rhinophrynidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Rhinophrynus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Scaphiopodidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Scaphiopus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Spea</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span>
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Families = 15</b></span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Genera = 37</b></span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Species = 113</b></span></span><br /></span>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">© Chris Harrison 2024</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-78121887052738403242023-01-08T20:30:00.066-06:002023-02-02T12:33:01.044-06:00Granular Glass Frog Cochranella granulosa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/244098618/original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/244098618/original.jpg" title="Cochranella granulosa photo by Shanelle Wikramanayake" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> The Granular Glass Frog (<i>Cochranella granulosa</i>) is yet another species of frog I have recorded without ever seeing. 😭 This in spite of the fact that they are widespread and common within their range from Costa Rica through Panama.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When this species calls they sit high on leaves usually overhanging streams. I heard quite a few calling on this trip to the Gulfo Dulce region of Costa Rica, but never could find one. They also have the habit of calling rather unpredictably and only for a few seconds, making tracking one down even harder. So I have included a beautiful photo from iNaturalist under the Creative Commons license. Photo by Shanelle Wikramanayake (iNat user shanelle97, record <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142388342">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142388342</a>)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The call of this dainty little frog is anything but dainty. It is a shrill "creeek, creeek, creeek" with a nasal trill to the "creek" sound. It is quite loud and carries well through the forest, unlike some other calls of Centrolenid frogs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I heard these frogs a lot, but I only got a few chances to record one because of the unpredictable nature of their calls and the fact that they call from above your head on leaves usually.<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/584045.mp3">Cochranella granulosa call</a></span></p>
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© Chris Harrison 2023</span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Golfito, 60701, Costa Rica8.6973281 -83.2047646-19.612905736178845 -118.3610146 37.007561936178845 -48.048514600000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-29197533723266086312023-01-08T20:15:00.016-06:002024-03-06T11:48:41.549-06:00Plantation Glass FrogHyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/264408876/large.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="425" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/264408876/large.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>
<p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Plantation Glass Frog (<i>Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum</i>) is a small green translucent frog from the family Centrolenidae. They occur in Costa Rica south to Panama and Colombia north of the Andes. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As usual, at least for Centrolenid frogs, I don't have a photo of this species since I've never seen one. I have only heard and recorded them. So I am relying on the generosity of those who upload photos to iNaturalist with the Creative Commons license which allows non-commercial use with attribution.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This wonderful photo was taken by Christian Marty (inat username <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/people/christianmarty" target="_blank">christian marty</a>) from <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153115978" target="_blank">this iNat record</a> from Panama.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I recorded these frogs "accidentally" while making a general ambience recording in the forest near Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica one evening. I was recording a different species as my target, but this one just kept calling in the background. Their metallic whistled trill reminds me a bit of one of the unrelated <a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Austrochaperina%20pluvialis" target="_blank">Australian Rainfrog</a><i> </i>species.<br /></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio audio="" controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/583512.mp3">
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<a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/583512.mp3">Plantation Glass Frog Recording</a></audio></span>
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© Chris Harrison 2023</span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica8.7106811 -83.2720082-19.599552736178843 -118.4282582 37.020914936178848 -48.1157582tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-51843371844525146962023-01-07T20:15:00.005-06:002023-02-26T22:23:13.007-06:00Túngara FrogEngystomops pustulosus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/252318483/large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/252318483/large.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Túngara Frog (<i>Engystomops pustulosus</i>) is a fascinating little frog from the family Leptodactylidae (the "Southern" Frogs). They range from tropical parts of southern Mexico all the way south into northern South America. They are small "warty" frogs that remind me more of a toad than a member of the Leptodactylidae.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This frog is one of the foam nest breeding frogs. The adult males whip up a nest of foamy material from their backs and the material surrounding the eggs. The eggs then float in this foam nest until the babies hatch and swim down into the water. This prevents fish and other aquatic predators from preying on the defenseless eggs. They call and breed in ponds, roadside ditches, flooded grasslands, etc. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/251573391/large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/251573391/large.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />These little guys that I recorded were calling from a narrow, shallow muddy roadside ditch that was only a foot wide and maybe two inches deep. It had rained heavily earlier in the day and these guys were calling from this ditch right in front of a noisy local bar. I wonder if the loud music of the bar interfered with their chances of attracting "the ladies"?<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of the Túngara Frog seems totally out of character to their size and shape. You don't have to be a frog fanatic to love the call of this little species! It sounds like a ray-gun sound effect from a cheap science fiction movie. It is a loud descending "peuuww" that carries long distances. The end of the call is often punctuated with short buzzy "dit-dit" or "dit-dit-dit". So the whole call sounds like "peuuuw-dit-dit". The little "dit-dit" at the end of the call apparently makes them more attractive to females.<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><audio controls="" src="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/583662.mp3"></audio><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/583662.mp3">Tungara Frog Call</a></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking at the spectrogram here you can see the descending nature of the "peuuuw" followed by the abrupt "dit-dit".</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YeuUq1T9sgbQ_XxG3iCi72X-er40X23bjUizGnKIqNncDb-feFbJ-mRJCRVgo55kWxr7-zLuuOFrYJ30W9b4lUUKSF0vGOy-JReWLOIyXRtYsMEYByE1Xx73noOETNDRfY3Pmtgn9GHQSWy8Bezl2ettyOZxH_uRue9kk4_K5htnbnKIunf35RU/s630/Engystomops_spectrogram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="630" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YeuUq1T9sgbQ_XxG3iCi72X-er40X23bjUizGnKIqNncDb-feFbJ-mRJCRVgo55kWxr7-zLuuOFrYJ30W9b4lUUKSF0vGOy-JReWLOIyXRtYsMEYByE1Xx73noOETNDRfY3Pmtgn9GHQSWy8Bezl2ettyOZxH_uRue9kk4_K5htnbnKIunf35RU/w640-h354/Engystomops_spectrogram.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The calls of these frogs have been intensely studied. One aspect that has been well studied is the way certain predatory bats use these calls to find these frogs and prey on them. Research has shown that the extra "chucks" (my "dit-dit") added to the calls increase the response of females, but also make it easier for the bats to track down the ripples on the water produced by these sharp sounds. But evolution has led to an interesting arms race between the frogs and the bats and the frogs are capable of modifying their calls to reduce the chance of attracting predatory bats.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other studies of these frogs calls have looked at the complexity of the female's mate choice decisions based on variation in the calls of the males. There's just a lot of people interested in these little frogs! I'll put a few of the published studies below, but there's a lot more of them if you look around the web. <br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1244812" target="_blank">Halfwerk, et. al. 2014. "Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display". Science 24 Jan 2014, Vol 343, Issue 6169, pp. 413-416</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://courses.washington.edu/ccab/Ron08TungaraFrogs.pdf" target="_blank"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*15.94px); left: 17.98%; top: 16.02%; transform: scaleX(1.16282);">Santiago R. Ron. "The evolution of female mate choice for complex calls in túngara frogs", Animal Behaviour, Volume 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1783-1794, ISSN 0003-3472, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.024.</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*15.94px); left: 17.98%; top: 16.02%; transform: scaleX(1.16282);"> </span><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28983864/" target="_blank">Vargas Bernal, Esteban, and Camilo Sanabria Malagon. “Modeling Sexual
Selection in Túngara Frog and Rationality of Mate Choice.” <i>Bulletin of mathematical biology</i> vol. 79,12 (2017): 2847-2864. doi:10.1007/s11538-017-0353-7</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Provincia de Puntarenas, Gamba, Costa Rica8.703422999999999 -83.187546-19.606810836178845 -118.343796 37.013656836178846 -48.031296tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-29891989602594029532023-01-06T20:35:00.113-06:002023-02-02T13:38:57.731-06:00Boulenger's Snouted TreefrogScinax boulengeri<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/252288615/original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="367" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/252288615/original.jpg" width="651" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> All the "snouted treefrogs" in the genus Scinax are known for their pronounced rostrum which is where they get their common name. But Boulenger's Snouted Treefrog (<i>Scinax boulengeri</i>) wins the prize for the species I've seen so far. It's duck bill is very strange looking.</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This species of treefrog is found in lowland and premontane rainforest and rainforest edges from Nicaragua south into northwestern Ecuador. Not only is <i>S. boulengeri</i> larger than the other northern <i>Scinax </i>species (<a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Scinax%20staufferi"><i>S. staufferi</i></a> and <a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Scinax%20elaeochroa"><i>S. elaeochroa</i></a>), but it also has much more tuberculate, "warty" skin. It looks much more like the some of the South American <i>Scinax</i> species than it does its immediate neighbors.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of this species surprised me a bit. I was expecting more of a "dry" unmusical call like we hear from <i>S. elaeochroa</i> and <i>S. staufferi</i>, but <i>S. boulengeri</i> instead has a louder vocalization that reminds me of some of the larger treefrog species. (I should add that I did not see these frogs calling, but recorded these calls with an unattended recorder late at night. I did see <i>Scinax boulengeri</i> at this pond earlier.)<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of this species is described as a loud "wraak" and to my ear it has sort of a nasal hint to it (not surprising looking at the frog 😉). In my recordings, I found that when the species was chorusing with multiple individuals, their call became a two part "raw-kuh" with a longer first syllable.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Here is a recording of some Boulenger's Snouted Treefrogs calling from an articial pond at the edge of a premontane rainforest in the Gulfo Dulce region of Costa Rica in January 2023. (The dry "wreek" trill in the background is the <a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/harlequin-treefrog-dendropsophus.html" target="">Harlequin Treefrog, <i>Dendropsophus ebraccatus</i></a>)<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p>
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</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">This recording is available for download from <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146034386" target="_blank">my iNaturalist record</a>.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you take a look at just a short section of that recording (about 5 seconds in) you hear two frogs calling back and forth. As is the case with most anurans, when two individuals are calling sequentially they will alter the pitch of their calls slightly to be heard over the other. So you hear a sort of alternating, two syllable "rih-kuh, raw-kuh, rih-kuw, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">raw-kuh, rih-kuh</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">" sound. In the spectrogram you can see the buzzy character (the wavy lines) and the short abrupt second syllable clearly.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was very happy to see and record this species when in Costa Rica this year. I love <i>Scinax</i> and this has to be my favorite <i>Scinax</i> so far. What a cool frog!<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">© Chris Harrison 2023</span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Golfito, 60701, Costa Rica8.6973281 -83.2047646-19.612905736178845 -118.3610146 37.007561936178845 -48.048514600000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-89161759356321549652023-01-06T19:38:00.084-06:002023-01-22T10:18:53.492-06:00Harlequin TreefrogDendropsophus ebraccatus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o2/15/915115/1/112719652.RrnGiMCE.hyla_ebracatta_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="422" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o2/15/915115/1/112719652.RrnGiMCE.hyla_ebracatta_1.jpg" width="633" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> The beautiful Harlequin Treefrog (<i>Dendropsophus ebraccatus</i>) is a small neotropical treefrog that occurs from southern Mexico down through Central America to western Colombia and Ecuador (west of the Andes). Within its broad range, it is found in lowland and premontane rainforest and in clearings and open areas within those forests. When the forests are cut down, this species will occur in the vegetated ponds and flooded grassy areas where the forest used to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The frog shown above was photographed in Soberania National Park in Panama alongside a road that cut through the rainforest. The recordings were made at an artificial pond in the rainforest of Piedras Blancas National Park in Costa Rica. </span>
</p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of this species is best described as a one syllable, dry trilling "creek" sound that has an upward slur. </span><br /></p><div>
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<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">There is a short section of spectrogram below showing the trilled nature of the "creek" and the upward slur in pitch. You can also see that one call is punctuated with a second syllable ("creek-kck")</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CojsVgiIBmj8w1C2h_tCoDlpLvycRywD-IhG_3z68cZwW7GzVAukxouW5HhvMGGzhXayvcrOS94OdAwgSK2Ju3EEPIMARqUtTQgFpAQUTNSESH6hq3y64W8unf6n0fLFn3vpWYGSSYgon1NYjPpblvMtZih37rnTOzVUNzZK980WfrjCy2gx7MI/s776/DEEB_spectrogram_shot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="776" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CojsVgiIBmj8w1C2h_tCoDlpLvycRywD-IhG_3z68cZwW7GzVAukxouW5HhvMGGzhXayvcrOS94OdAwgSK2Ju3EEPIMARqUtTQgFpAQUTNSESH6hq3y64W8unf6n0fLFn3vpWYGSSYgon1NYjPpblvMtZih37rnTOzVUNzZK980WfrjCy2gx7MI/w613-h303/DEEB_spectrogram_shot.jpg" width="613" /></a></span></div>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Here's the recording of just that one short section. You can hear the two syllable nature to of the second call.</span></p><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is most significant about this record though may be that (if I counted correctly), <span style="color: red;"><b>this represents the 100th species of frog I have recorded 🎊🎉</b></span>!
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</span></div><p></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Golfito, 60701, Costa Rica8.6973281 -83.2047646-19.612905736178845 -118.3610146 37.007561936178845 -48.048514600000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-8994872167951116682023-01-06T19:00:00.119-06:002023-02-26T23:24:19.600-06:00Red-eyed Tree FrogAgalychnis callidryas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/162169673.Mz7qY8fY.CRH06366.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="409" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/162169673.Mz7qY8fY.CRH06366.jpg" width="615" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> The Red-eyed Tree Frog (<i>Agalychnis callidryas</i>) is the poster child for treefrogs and maybe frogs. They are used in signs and commercials all over the world, in spite of the fact that they are only found in southern Mexico and Central America. They are frogs of the rainforest, but can also be found in cleared areas and even agricutural ponds. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Their fame has to be due to their charismatic red eyes, bright green skin, red feet and blue flanks. They are quite colorful when exposed like this, but when resting they flatten themselves out, close their eyes and become little more than a green lump on a leaf.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's one that was sitting on a leaf next to a small pond at night. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/252217699/original.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="363" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/252217699/original.jpg" width="645" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I approached the frog he ducked down and flattened out and "disappeared". They even cover their red eyes with a semi-transparent nictitating membrane. It didn't have time to hide its toes, but in the day when sleeping there is nothing visible but a pale green lump on the underside of a large leaf.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/250034367/original.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="364" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/250034367/original.jpeg" width="647" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of this beautiful frog is anything but beautiful. It is a coarse, dry <i>"rick-it".</i> They call from leaves over ponds and streams and can be heard on warm rainy nights throughout their range.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking at the spectrogram, you can see the buzzy nature of the longer <i>"rick"</i> part and then the shorter punctation of the <i>"kit"</i> part.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd8v5JM8QslDIAn_GOTrCFY8S7TmC8JituX2sw9nASyd7a7p5x1OeB1p6JMr7MdrDEHBnSfxnik4GVndk5DcERTZlQ4I6RpHbn3XtsohICT-VOzlmImqC88C9QrxWbmZo5Jbaqm20OkR0s8oVOGMvzzEPs2f_HwNIDCGaeVhW1bdQEj8bt1I8oEc/s783/Agalynchis_callidryas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="783" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd8v5JM8QslDIAn_GOTrCFY8S7TmC8JituX2sw9nASyd7a7p5x1OeB1p6JMr7MdrDEHBnSfxnik4GVndk5DcERTZlQ4I6RpHbn3XtsohICT-VOzlmImqC88C9QrxWbmZo5Jbaqm20OkR0s8oVOGMvzzEPs2f_HwNIDCGaeVhW1bdQEj8bt1I8oEc/w559-h297/Agalynchis_callidryas.png" width="559" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the following recording you can hear a Red-eyed Treefrog calling its higher "<i>rick-it</i>" calls above the percussive double "<i>tuk-tuk</i>" of Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog (<i>Boana rosenbergi</i>)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></p><p>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/584001.mp3">Red-eyed Treefrog Calls from Gulfo Dulce, Costa Rica.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ________________________________________________</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">© Chris Harrison 2023 <br /></span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0MQWW+V6 Provincia de Puntarenas, Gamba, Costa Rica8.6972466 -83.20442198.69512550557714 -83.206567667211914 8.69936769442286 -83.202276132788086tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-42906227720718588282023-01-04T18:30:00.077-06:002023-01-22T20:29:54.143-06:00Rosenberg's Gladiator FrogBoana rosenbergi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2u2x3VIZ9UbXGy3dQOlU00iMexNkn5xGECVCR3OzPduhIyWwdWxqvY8QA0wJT0x3c7WEIxjbWyj_x6FdEO1oQuFZ3MEuLNuIo2cXBuQvP1u93C6vkmt5kfClYRBHgRNFN0cuYBXCUyer3wfeDA5QZSClMXks_OJo94AvBpd5Hw4Oq8figmsjp4E/s1138/boana_rosenbergi%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1138" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2u2x3VIZ9UbXGy3dQOlU00iMexNkn5xGECVCR3OzPduhIyWwdWxqvY8QA0wJT0x3c7WEIxjbWyj_x6FdEO1oQuFZ3MEuLNuIo2cXBuQvP1u93C6vkmt5kfClYRBHgRNFN0cuYBXCUyer3wfeDA5QZSClMXks_OJo94AvBpd5Hw4Oq8figmsjp4E/w568-h320/boana_rosenbergi%20(3).jpeg" width="568" /></a></div><p><br />Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog (<i>Boana rosenbergi</i>) is one of the largest treefrog species in Central America. It has a body length of 3-4 inches as an adult. Although they are not as heavy bodied as some of the Leaf Frogs and Monkey Frogs, they are a very "long" frog. </p><p>Although this is a rainforest species, this frog is quite adaptable and will breed in artificial ponds and similar water sources in rainforest clearings and even residential areas. These frogs in this recording were living in the weedy margins of an artificial pond surrounded by grass on the grounds of the Esquinas Rainforest Resort in Gulfo Dulce region of Costa Rica. These frogs called most evenings whether it rained or not.<br /></p><p>I wish I had better photos of this species that this one photo from the road, but it was POURING rain when I came across this frog one night on the road I was walking. I didn't have my camera with me due to the torrential rain. I also wasn't motivated to spend time to pose it for a better "phone photo" because both my raincoat and hat had already become saturated and I was worried about my recording gear getting wet. I know, lame excuse! 😢</p><p>Like some of the other big Boana treefrogs, the call of this species is dry and course and quite percussive. It is a two part "tok-tok" call that reminds me quite a bit of the similarly large <a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Treefrog%20-%20Australian%20White-lipped">Australian White-lipped Treefrog (<i>Nyctimystes infrafrenatus</i>)</a>, even though the two species are not closely related.<br /></p>
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<p>If we take just a short section of that recording and look at the spectrogram, we see the individual pairs of percussive strikes. (The recording is below the image if you want to hear it).</p><p>Notice that, once again, when two frogs are chorusing together, one individual will alter the pitch of its call to avoid being masked. So we hear a distant double call, then our main "actor" gives his two "toks", followed by another frog's two "toks" then the main frog calls again. In this case the second frog has used a lower frequency call and you can see that in the height of the bars of the second set of calls compared to the first frog's call. They aren't quite as high because the call is lower pitched to help distinguish them from each other.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71lzJP7Wb_FvrB6eKHdqeWbdcVcussgwBkwe0ObNF5IxTZWNh4fCl9WWt8slIBUBs3rVGZBxRWdC6LtbYshOd9iCG9WS5ejv6tlrqP3w0lVbFkunNS9gc3E1I_AfRVBhaL1k1a3ITs4eFvUdEtkRbJIi24F1vyx4EeK4AFdFItRP2skBFGJ6WFX8/s519/Boana_rosenbergi_spectrogram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="519" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71lzJP7Wb_FvrB6eKHdqeWbdcVcussgwBkwe0ObNF5IxTZWNh4fCl9WWt8slIBUBs3rVGZBxRWdC6LtbYshOd9iCG9WS5ejv6tlrqP3w0lVbFkunNS9gc3E1I_AfRVBhaL1k1a3ITs4eFvUdEtkRbJIi24F1vyx4EeK4AFdFItRP2skBFGJ6WFX8/w524-h290/Boana_rosenbergi_spectrogram.jpg" width="524" /></a></div>
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</audio></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Golfito, 60701, Costa Rica8.6973281 -83.2047646-19.612905736178845 -118.3610146 37.007561936178845 -48.048514600000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-71406439805104642452023-01-02T16:15:00.115-06:002023-02-04T08:53:13.021-06:00Fitzinger's Robber Frog Craugastor fitzingeri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/15/915115/1/126363017.pzuNQgt2.CRH02822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/15/915115/1/126363017.pzuNQgt2.CRH02822.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fitzinger's Robber Frog (<i>Craugastor fitzingeri</i>) is one of the most common frogs seen by visitors to its range in Costa Rica. It ranges from the Caribbean coast of Honduras and Nicaragua south throughout the lowlands of Costa Rica and Panama then into northwestern South America.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This species is commonly seen sitting motionless on the forest floor or up on plants within the forests. They can be found on the edges of forested areas as well. Their habit of moving around the leaves of the forest floor has led to their alternate common name "Litter Frogs".<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This species is tricky to tell from the closely related <i>Craugastor</i> species and it so variable that many people think they are seeing multiple species of frog. They can be uniform brown, brown with spots or speckles, or have a prominent light greenish, whitish or yellowish stripe down the middle of its back.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/157059224.WNbwFMr6.Diasporus00557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/15/915115/1/157059224.WNbwFMr6.Diasporus00557.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/15/915115/1/126363016.wyG9er5s.CRH02812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/15/915115/1/126363016.wyG9er5s.CRH02812.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/250034357/original.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/250034357/original.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These frogs are small with a tuberculate (warty) skin. They have long unwebbed toes with bent little toe pads on the end. A lot of times identification of this species comes from eliminating the other species and then deciding "it must be <i>fitzingeri</i>"?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In Costa Rica, these frogs have yet another common name, the Common Rain Frog. They are called this because these frogs frequently call during rain and afterwards. The local people in Costa Rica told me they called them this because they call before the rain because they can tell when it is going to rain. That's a common story attributed to other frog species in other areas (e.g. Squirrel Treefrogs in the SE US) and I can't say whether it is true or not?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The call of this species is a series of loud rapid clicks. These calls are made day or night and can be heard all around you after rains in some forested areas in their range. Along with the Tink Frogs (<i>Diasporus diastema</i>) and the constant insect-like trills of the Strawberry Dart Frogs (<i>Oophaga pumilio</i>) this call is one of the most prominent amphibian sounds of the lowland forests of Central America.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://static.inaturalist.org/sounds/592612.mp3">Craugastor fitzingeri call</a></span>
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</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking at the spectrogram for this call, you can see how it is a series of sharp clicks given at a rate of 5-10 per second.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvTz_nS5F_FKgOwfAZUS_yklsnir_riAuTz5J6yPTBokhnVgiBPFz-hVjJa-hRdtKuk2pvll1jWgSeANZ3Q58QSfwV_97SkSaB2_rGbkdxab6PuwGJmGZg5l_s3zvFLDxioWp-sKLvUPjS5rmYOeoJ6yu7Yl_gphuo5X4O5G2u7jQ0tE5WcxswAs/s550/Craugastor_fitzingeri_spectrum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="550" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvTz_nS5F_FKgOwfAZUS_yklsnir_riAuTz5J6yPTBokhnVgiBPFz-hVjJa-hRdtKuk2pvll1jWgSeANZ3Q58QSfwV_97SkSaB2_rGbkdxab6PuwGJmGZg5l_s3zvFLDxioWp-sKLvUPjS5rmYOeoJ6yu7Yl_gphuo5X4O5G2u7jQ0tE5WcxswAs/w640-h324/Craugastor_fitzingeri_spectrum.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> So next time you are visiting the forests of Costa Rica or Panama and you hear a loud series of rapid clicks coming randomly from the forest floor during or after the rain (or even before?), you'll at least know the performer's name! 😁<br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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© Chris Harrison 2023</span></p>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Pierella Ecological Garden, 500 m Sur de Servicentro Horquetas sobre Ruta 4, Horquetas de, Heredia, 41003, Costa Rica10.3249577 -83.9507497-17.985276136178847 -119.1069997 38.635191536178844 -48.7944997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-73231384937140414492023-01-01T15:08:00.007-06:002024-03-06T11:50:45.905-06:00List Update for January 2023<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spent the holiday season of 2022/23 on a trip back to Costa Rica. Didn't spend a lot of time recording frogs but I did get to add a few species to my recording lifelist.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/granular-glass-frog-cochranella.html">Granular Glass Frog (<i>Cochranella granulosa</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Gladiator%20Frog%20-%20Rosenberg%27s">Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog (<i>Boana rosenbergi</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/red-eyed-tree-frog-agalychnis-callidryas.html" target="_blank"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Red-eyed Treefrog (<i>Agalychnis callidryas</i></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/red-eyed-tree-frog-agalychnis-callidryas.html" target="_blank">)</a> - </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span> </div><div><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/boulengers-snouted-tree-frog-scinax.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Boulenger's Snouted Treefrog </span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/boulengers-snouted-tree-frog-scinax.html">(<i>Scinax boulengeri</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/fitzingers-robber-frog-craugastor.html">Fitzinger's Robber Frog (<i>Craugastor fitzingeri</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br /></span><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Dendropsophus%20ebraccatus"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Harlequin Treefrog</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/search/label/Dendropsophus%20ebraccatus"> (<i>Dendropsophus ebraccatus</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br /></span><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/02/tungara-frog-engystomops-pustulosus.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Túngara Frog</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/02/tungara-frog-engystomops-pustulosus.html"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> (<i>Engystomops pustulosus</i></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/02/tungara-frog-engystomops-pustulosus.html">)</a> - </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: yellow;">new species</span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will be adding the species accounts and recordings for those species in the coming weeks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also found that not only did I add another species to the list, but that I had recorded it previously and skipped adding it. That species will be added soon once I confirm my recordings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2023/01/plantation-glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium.html" target="_blank">Plantation Glass Frog (<i>Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum</i>)</a> - <span style="color: #fcff01;">new species</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So, a bit of updating to the lifelist means it looks like this....</span><br /></span>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Family</u></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Genus</u></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Number of species recorded so far</u></span></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Bufonidae</span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Anaxyrus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">10</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Incilius</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Rhinella</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hylidae</span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Acris</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Boana</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Dendropsophus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hyla</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Pseudacris</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Osteopilus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Scinax</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Smilisca</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Triprion</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pelodryadidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Litoria</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Nyctimystes</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Ranoidea</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">4</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Microhylidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Austrochaperina</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hypopachus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Gastrophryne</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Myobatrachidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Crinia</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Limnodynastes</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1 <br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Platyplectrum</i><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1 <br /></span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Craugastoridae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Craugastor</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Pristimantis</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face="sans-serif">Eleutherodactylidae</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Diasporus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Eleutherodactylus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Centrolenidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hyalinobatrachium</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Cochranella</i></span></span></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">1</span><br /></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Leptodactylidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Leptodactylus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: red;">Engystomops</span></i><br /></span></td><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">1</span><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Ranidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Lithobates</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Dendrobatidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Oophaga</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hemiphractidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Flectonotus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Aromobatidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Mannophryne</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rhinophrynidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Rhinophrynus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Scaphiopodidae</span></span></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Scaphiopus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Spea</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Families = 15</b></span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Genera = 36</b></span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Species = 103!</b></span></span><br /></span>
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</span>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-12706351465371590192022-11-08T22:23:00.009-06:002022-11-08T22:23:57.287-06:00Some links being fixed<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="788" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqduL9ARINALEs0qAAg98yj65ADjG3bmCeXHAmm9MSvcu-C7szEeEyu0eEK1xV4dOaWvPpfaUP7u2-2WjU6stTj-hHXqPccf-JJYrTXLVlRulmeu64C-t0fsufI8IKTjZEL-wxTpXcm9Bq5U4Y5s5TiB5e5B2J1eoB1AAY2TwtEkb6Xsyv8_JOjmI/s320/maintainance.png" width="320" /> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Esteemed Blog Readers,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am migrating some of my recordings to a new server. This means I have to go through and change a LOT of URLS for my recording links within my blog posts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am working on it a little a time. Sorry if some recording links aren't active now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chris </span><br /></div>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-71277141813931432722021-08-18T13:22:00.012-05:002023-09-07T10:45:44.945-05:002021 - Texas "Big Frog Year" Attempt<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Since I wasn't going to be traveling internationally thanks to SARS-CoV2, I decided the best goal for this year was <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2021-01-01&d2=2021-12-31&iconic_taxa=Amphibia&place_id=18&subview=table&taxon_id=20979&user_id=sandboa&view=species" rel="" target="_blank">to try and do a "big frog year"</a>. Actually, I have a wager with a friend to see who can get the most <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2021-01-01&d2=2021-12-31&iconic_taxa=Aves&place_id=18&subview=map&user_id=sandboa&view=species">bird</a>, <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2021-01-01&d2=2021-12-31&iconic_taxa=Insecta&place_id=18&subview=table&taxon_id=47224&user_id=sandboa&view=species" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">butterfly</a>, <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2021-01-01&d2=2021-12-31&iconic_taxa=Reptilia&place_id=18&subview=table&user_id=sandboa&view=species" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reptile </a>and <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2021-01-01&d2=2021-12-31&iconic_taxa=Amphibia&place_id=18&subview=table&user_id=sandboa&view=species" target="_blank">amphibian</a> species posted in iNaturalist this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So I thought I would make a post here and update it periodically to see how I progress. I am getting perilously close to getting all the species, but there a few missing I probably won't get. Some I only have photos of, but most I have recordings of as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>August 18 </b> - My original goal at the beginning of the year was to get 30 out of the 42 species of Anuran that occur in Texas. On August 18th, I got my 35th species, the Mexican Spadefoot. It did require a (long) drive out to west of Eldorado last night. They are not found much closer to where I live and it rained heavily out there in the last few days. This seemed like maybe my last chance for the year?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There are 7 species I am still missing. There are a couple of species I'm not sure I can get (Houston Toad,
Pickerel Frog), a couple more species I probably I will get (Fowler's
Toad, Burrowing Frog) and then a three I might get if I get lucky (Pig Frog, Greenhouse Frog, Mexican White-lipped Frog). There is also a new species in Texas, unfortunately, that I don't really have a good lead on yet, the invasive Cuban Treefrog.<br /></span></p>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt; width: 140pt;" width="186"><b><u><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Scientific
Name<span> </span></span></span></span></u></b></td>
<td style="width: 122pt;" width="163"><b><u><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Common
Name<span> </span></span></span></span></u></b></td>
<td colspan="2" style="mso-ignore: colspan; width: 181pt;" width="241"><b><u><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">First 2021
record<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></u></b></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pseudacris
clarkii<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spotted Chorus Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">23-Jan</span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Gonzales Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Acris
blanchardi<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Blanchard Cricket Frg.<span></span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">27-Feb</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Gonzales Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hyla
cinerea<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Green Treefrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">27-Feb</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Gonzales Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Litho.
sphenocephalus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Southern Leopard Frg.<span> <br /></span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">27-Feb</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Gonzales Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
catesbeianus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">American Bullfrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">5-Mar</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Aransas Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pseudacris
crucifer<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spring Peeper<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">7-Mar</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Shelby Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pseudacris
fouquettei<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Cajun Chorus Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">7-Mar</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Shelby Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Craugastor
augusti<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Barking Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">27-Mar</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Edwards Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Eleuthero. marnockii<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Cliff Chirping Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">30-Mar</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Bandera Co.</span></span></td>
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<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
berlandieri<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rio Grande Leopard<span> <br /></span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">30-Mar</span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Bandera Co.</span></span></td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Gastrophryne
olivacea<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">W. Narrowmouth Toad<span></span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Jackson Co.</span></span></td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
americanus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">American Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Angelina Co. (photo)<span> </span></span></span></td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Incilius
nebulifer<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Coastal Plains Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Angelina Co.</span></span></td>
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Eleuthero. </span>campi<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rio Grande Chirping<span> <br /></span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Angelina</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hyla
chrysoscelis<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Cope's Gray Treefrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Angelina Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hyla
versicolor<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Gray Treefrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Angelina Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
clamitans<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Green Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">10-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Angelina Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
woodhousii<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Woodhouse's Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">23-Apr</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Denton Co. (photo)</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hyla
squirella<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Squirrel Treefrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Victoria Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pseudacris
streckeri<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Strecker's Chorus Frg.<span> <br /></span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Victoria Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Gastro. carolinensis<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">E.Narrowmouth Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">1-May</span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Calhoun Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
areolatus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Crawfish Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Victoria Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Scaphiopus
hurterii<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hurter's Spadefoot<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>DeWitt Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
punctatus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Red-spotted Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Edwards Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
speciosus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Texas Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Kinney Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Scaphiopus
couchii<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Couch's Spadefoot<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Kinney Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
debilis<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Green Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">12-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>McMullen Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rhinella
horribilis</span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Giant Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">16-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Cameron Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Smilisca
baudinii<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Mexican Treefrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">16-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Cameron Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hypopachus
variolosus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Sheep Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">16-May</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Cameron Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
cognatus<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Great Plains Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">4-Jun</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Andrews Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
blairi<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Plains Leopard Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">4-Jun</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Andrews Co. (photo)</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hyla
arenicolor<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Canyon Treefrog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2-Aug</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Jeff Davis Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spea
bombifrons<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Plains Spadefoot<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9-Aug</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Dallam Co. (photo)</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spea
multiplicata<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">N. Mexico Spadefoot<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">17-Aug</span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>Schleicher Co.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
fowleri<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Fowler's Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></span></span><br /></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">hopeful</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Anaxyrus
houstonensis<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Houston Toad<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">not likely </span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">E.
planirostris<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Greenhouse Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">maybe</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Leptodactylus
fragilis<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">White-lipped Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">hopeful</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
grylio<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pig Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">missing</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Lithobates
palustris<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pickerel Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">not likely </span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;">
<td height="19" style="height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rhinophrynus
dorsalis<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Burrowing Frog<span> </span></span></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">hopeful</span></span></span></td>
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</span>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-9889141313947916342021-02-01T11:10:00.003-06:002022-11-08T21:49:50.536-06:00Rio Grande Chirping FrogEleutherodactylus (cystignathoides) campi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">The tiny Rio Grande Chirping Frog* is native to southernmost Texas and then into Mexico. However, they have been widely introduced into larger cities in Texas and other states. Their chirping calls can be heard any warm night in my backyard in San Antonio, Texas.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> This species range is expanding rapidly in Texas. When I lived on the west side of Houston in the late 1970s, I had never seen it. By the early 1980s, it was abundant in my old neighborhood. And the expansion is continuing through both frog movement and our increased discovery of the species.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Here's a map I made in 2015 of the known records for the species in Texas:<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR37hk9mPYfI7QRFIBW7Uevc-jFmkSaAG2aTuc9RPoOUnUqT00TZREkvg612pbybdJwrW1Mvm7Ago0CRivRDo4bjpev3Z5Lb2lLL061CNlZyGNSXocSSXP04GQwNvQAo3FR7vp3yNsXw/s570/E_cystignathoides_map.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="570" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR37hk9mPYfI7QRFIBW7Uevc-jFmkSaAG2aTuc9RPoOUnUqT00TZREkvg612pbybdJwrW1Mvm7Ago0CRivRDo4bjpev3Z5Lb2lLL061CNlZyGNSXocSSXP04GQwNvQAo3FR7vp3yNsXw/w640-h532/E_cystignathoides_map.gif" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /> In January 2021, I made a new map based on the records available from above plus new records from iNaturalist. You can see how many of the missing counties have been filled in plus how much further north it has been documented. It's range into the hill country is difficult to identify due to confusion with the very similar <a href="http://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-central-texas-chirping-frogs.html" target="_blank">Cliff Chirping Frog</a> which occurs there.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9cfoueWNgHrTEyIQO4bjWPpuRzGJVLMB_txdVEsFIaqry4IjQI8QOfGbmWzpymz3Z1ytqzb_uJ0lJWoS2vznkxpitpMO-WX90eSbvCNE1PrT6bHlyB-lZ96j3gmxvAsSEPR-OWRp7Q/s2048/Rio_Grande_Chirping_Frog.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="2048" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9cfoueWNgHrTEyIQO4bjWPpuRzGJVLMB_txdVEsFIaqry4IjQI8QOfGbmWzpymz3Z1ytqzb_uJ0lJWoS2vznkxpitpMO-WX90eSbvCNE1PrT6bHlyB-lZ96j3gmxvAsSEPR-OWRp7Q/w640-h571/Rio_Grande_Chirping_Frog.png" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">The photo and recordings are from my backyard, although not necessarily of the </span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">same frog.</span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">These frogs also have a longer "trilled" call which they make. It seems to me that the longer trill is the real call and the short peeps are just working up to it.</span><br />
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</span></span>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com6San Antonio, TX, USA29.4241219 -98.493628229.2028404 -98.8094852 29.6454034 -98.177771200000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-91561908145456977332020-09-09T11:44:00.001-05:002024-01-20T07:43:00.633-06:00Ornate Burrowing FrogPlatyplectrum ornatum<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">One of the great things about living in the information age is how easily you can get feedback from others. I originally identified these unseen frogs as the calls of the Striped Marsh Frog (<i>Limnodynastes peronii</i>) based on listening to recordings on <a href="http://www.naturesound.com.au/cd_frogsTNE.htm" target="_blank">David Stewart's wonderful frog call CD</a>. But in looking at range maps I started to wonder if maybe I was outside the range of <i>L. peronii</i>, so I posted this recording on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerpIDAustralia/">the Facebook Australian R&A Identification group</a> and got an answer almost immediately! Listening to the recordings, I think I've finally got the correct ID.<br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Ornate Burrowing Frog or Ornate Frog (<i>Platyplectrum ornatum</i>) is a stubby little frog found in a wide area the northern and eastern coasts of Australia from Central New South Wales to northernmost Western Australia. It can apparently be found in a variety of semi-open habitats where there are sandy soils. It spends most of its life burrowed beneath the sand only emerging during wet periods.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHqCMVZbUbOgclLtnLYbvGwl1mmAfl2zS6FDQT6ZXKQDePFg09fidLQQKI9Kt2htGx1NItX9g0gSUI_Ci354eXbS9fuYAvrb2d_UonuD0ZKxFJpe1UasAIxd5LV05ED9ulU1uupuw5w/w640-h429/153183925.ychXpvw3.DSC01955%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The widespread "Mexican Treefrog" (<i>Smilisca baudinii</i>) is one of the best known anuran denizens of much of tropical Mexico and Central America. It even gets up as far as the southern tip of Texas. Even though it is widespread and very common over much of its range, it's identity as a single species is not clear. Over the years several studies have proposed that these populations represent not a single species but a complex of multiple species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://mesoamericanherpetology.com/uploads/3/4/7/9/34798824/mh_4-3_mccranie.pdf">A recent study published in the journal of MesoAmerican Herpetology</a> has resurrected one of these species, <i>Smilisca manisorum</i>, that was first described in 1954 by Edward Taylor. The population is question occurs from the eastern Caribbean lowland mesic forests from the Mosquito Coast of Honduras down through the caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. It is regarded as a different species from the populations on the Pacific versant of Central America.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This study separated <i>S. manisorum</i> from <i>S. baudinii </i>populations on the west coast of Central America by a series of morphological characteristics including "its consistently larger adult size, the long and flat inner metatarsal tubercle, and the increased hind limb webbing". The paper has illustrations of these characters and the authors also collected tissues for future molecular studies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My concern, of course, is simply did I get a new lifer!???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This Treefrog from Cano Negro, Costa Rica could fall in the area potentially inhabited by <i>Smilisca manisorum</i>. Although the ranges are not completely worked out, this part of Costa Rica seems to be more affiliated with the Atlantic versant of Costa Rica than the Pacific, from which it is separated by the Guanacaste Mountains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maccranie, et al. (2017) also suggest that the populations from the El Petén region of Guatemala may also represent a different species previously described as <i>Hyla pansosana</i> but they do not elevate that species in their publication. That leaves me curious about the "smilisca complex" frogs I have seen in southern Campeche which is adjacent to and contiguous with that Petén habitat, but that post will have to wait until the species is elevated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">McCranie, J. R. 2017. Morphological and systematic comments on the Caribbean lowland population of <i>Smilisca baudinii </i>(Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae) in northeastern Honduras, with the resurrection of <i>Hyla manisorum</i> Taylor. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4: 513–526.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">© Chris Harrison 2020</span>Chris Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256722869574618085noreply@blogger.com0Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica10.8897287 -84.784006699999964-16.6419658 -126.09260069999996 38.4214232 -43.475412699999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50287179137653394.post-46213695891034908962019-01-08T09:57:00.003-06:002020-09-09T11:47:56.579-05:00Lifelist Update for January 2019<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Spent Christmas 2018 on a holiday trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Didn't spend much time recording frogs but I did get to add a few species to my recording lifelist.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2019/07/tobago-glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium.html">Eastern Glass Frog (<i>Hyalinobatrachium orientale</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species (added in July)</span></span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2019/01/mount-tucuche-tree-frog-flectonotus.html">Mount Tucuche Tree Frog (<i>Flectonotus fitzgeraldi</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species (added in May)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2018/12/smooth-skinned-ditch-frog-leptodactylus.html" target="_blank"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Smooth-skinned Ditch Frog (</span><i>Leptodactylus validus</i><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">) - </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: yellow;">new species</span></a><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2018/12/whistling-grass-frog-leptodactylus.html" target="_blank">Whistling Grass Frog (<i>Leptodactylus fuscus</i>) - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></a></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2018/12/trinidad-stream-frog-mannophryne.html">Trinidad Poison Frog (<i>Mannophryne trinitatis</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2019/01/tobago-stream-frog-mannophryne-olmanae.html" target="_blank">Tobago Poison Frog (<i>Mannophryne olmonae</i>) - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></a></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="http://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2018/12/urichs-litter-frog-pristimantis-urichi.html">Urich's Leaf Litter Frog (<i>Pristimantis urichi</i>)</a> - <span style="color: yellow;">new species</span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2018/12/rattle-voiced-treefrog-boana-xerophylla.html"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rusty Treefrog (</span><i>Boana boans</i></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://frogcalls.blogspot.com/2018/12/rattle-voiced-treefrog-boana-xerophylla.html">)</a> - </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: yellow;">new species</span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">So, a bit of updating to the lifelist means it looks like this....</span><br /></span>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Family</u></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Genus</u></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Number of species recorded so far</u></span></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Bufonidae</span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Anaxyrus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">10</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Incilius</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Rhinella</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hylidae</span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Acris</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Boana</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Dendropsophus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hyla</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Pseudacris</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Osteopilus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Scinax</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Smilisca</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Triprion</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Pelodryadidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Litoria</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Nyctimystes</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Ranoidea</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">4</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Microhylidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Austrochaperina</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hypopachus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Gastrophryne</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Myobatrachidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Crinia</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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</tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Limnodynastes</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1 <br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Platyplectrum</i><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1 <br /></span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Craugastoridae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Craugastor</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Pristimantis</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face="sans-serif">Eleutherodactylidae</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Diasporus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Eleutherodactylus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">9</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Centrolenidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Hyalinobatrachium</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Leptodactylidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Leptodactylus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">6</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Ranidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Lithobates</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Dendrobatidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Oophaga</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hemiphractidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Flectonotus</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
</td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Aromobatidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Mannophryne</i></span></span></td>
<td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
</td>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rhinophrynidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Rhinophrynus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1</span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Scaphiopodidae</span></span></td></tr>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Scaphiopus</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<td><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Spea</i></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2</span></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Families = 15</b></span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Genera = </b></span><b>34</b></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Total # Species = </b></span><b>95</b></span><br /></span>
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