Ok so today I was in the Dominican Republic and by chance I caught some tadpoles, they were swimming in large groups and I observed them for a while but could not understand what they were. They are all black in the morning and have some gold speckles on the at night they become paler and the speckles are move visible. I thought they were cane toad tadpoles but there were flamingos eating them which makes me think they aren't as then the flamingos would die. The next day I visited and the same thing was happening please help me identify.
Hi Nami
It would really help to include a picture of the frogs you saw. There are 47 species of frogs and toads in the Dominican Republic. The vast majority of species is in the genus Eleutherodactylus.
Terry Gampper
Nebraska Herpetological Society
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
--- Adrian Forsyth
I can't include a pic however I found one that had metamorphosized it is black again a couple gold speckles but might be a diff species..
Could you include a location where you found it?
Terry Gampper
Nebraska Herpetological Society
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
--- Adrian Forsyth
This might help the baby frog/toad I found was a dark green brown with orange dots on his back, it also when I held it would stick on to my hand when I held it upside down but didn't have webbed feet
Also they swam in large groups and this is in punta cana
Think I found out what it is....cane toad.... Ehh I caught more let's see what they end up being. Not sure it's a cane toad tho tell me what u think it is
Made a new thread with pics!
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