L. warszewitschii

[pez]

Just wanted to show you one of my first frogs, a Lithobates warszewitschii. I caught him when he was a tadpole and now is a mature male.

A curious fact is that this frog together with the L. vaillanti are the only frogs from the palmipes group that vocalize without having vocal sacs or vocal slits.

Where I found the tadpole


Tadpole


Already with 4 legs




Froglet





Juvenile






Adult








Any question I am glad to help

[smashtoad]

Cool progression, man. I enjoyed it...thanks.

[tgampper]

Very nice photos. Thanks for sharing.

[Kurt]

Wow, you would ever thought a Ranid would be so cool. Thanks for the pictures.

[pez]

Here are more photos

[pez]

Other warszewitschii. Hope this one is a female (Although I will have to wait about a year to be able to reproduce them)

[pez]

My two warszewitschii, the froglet and the adult.

[tgampper]

Pez:

I really like your photos. Thanks

I found some information about these frogs you might be interested in. I also understand that the species was transferred from Lithobates back to Rana in 2007.

AmphibiaWeb - Rana warszewitschii

INBio. Especies de Costa Rica -Lithobates warszewitschii (in Spanish)

[pez]

Thanks . Amphibiaweb has good info but what I like the most are the maps because it gives a general idea of where I can find the frog. I love the INBio page, has info on most of costa rica's flora and fauna. I have the updated list of the scientific names of Costa Rican frogs, and is actually called Lithobates, but thanks.






Don't worry about the page being in spanish, because spanish is my first language and then comes english

[tgampper]

Thanks, Pez. I really admire that you are taking a great interest in frogs and toads. Since you are younger than I am, I will let you learn all the new names

It's still Rana to me. Lithobates is OK too.

[tylototriton]

It's all Rana to me. (My old posts can attest to my distaste for the new phylogenies). This is a really cool species to see in captivity. I'm wondering if you could bring out some of the red coloration on the hind legs by gut loading your food with carotenoids.

Either way, really cool species.

[tgampper]

It's all Rana to me. (My old posts can attest to my distaste for the new phylogenies). This is a really cool species to see in captivity. I'm wondering if you could bring out some of the red coloration on the hind legs by gut loading your food with carotenoids.

Either way, really cool species.

I agree, Alex. I took me a long time to learn the current names. I don't think I have enough time to learn all the new ones. But, I agree this is a great looking frog

[pez]

Thay have the red coloration just below the "tiger stripes".


It is Lithobates to me