Hi everyone, sorry if this has been posted in the wrong place, but I'm pretty idnorant about frog subspecies.
Could anyone I.D these frogs I snapped in the Korean mountains?
After my rudimentary research I think the 2nd one is an Oriental fire-bellied toad. The 1st one, I can't find any info on
Any help would be great
Rana chensinensis maybe? That's a huge maybe.
The green looking blisters on his body. Is that normal?
The first one is some kind of Ranid. Exact species I am not sure. The blisters don't look normal to me - I think that frog is either sick or it has an affliction of some sort. The second frog looks to be Bombina, but I don't know if it's a B. orientalis. I admit to very limited knowledge of Asian species names and ranges.
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The second frog is most likely Bombina orientalis. The first frog is a mystery and I am sure the green patches are not normal. Here is a link with a list and photos of the amphibians of South Korea:
http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphi...a,+Republic+of
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
Thanks for your help everyone.
Looks like the first one is still an enigma then. maybe it's a Rana chensinensis that's been discouloured by it's illness, as indicated by that gnarly green stuff on it.
Other than Rana chensinensis, I can't see anything in the Asian amphibian list that looks like it. weird!
The Green things seem weird to me to, maybe a parasite or a disease that is common around your place?
You might just ask a researcher that is specialized in you're area.
My guess would be it is a Rana huanrensis.
AmphibiaWeb - Rana huanrensis
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