Taiwan frog pics - tree frogs

[numpty]

Hi there,

I just joined the forum a few days ago. I don't keep any frogs, but do enjoy going out and spotting them in the wild. I just thought I'd post up a few pics of species I've seen over the past few weeks. I'd prefer to post all the photos together, but I guess the forum is pretty much divided into sections by frog type. (If anyone has suggestions of a better section to which I should post all frog/toad photos, I'd be happy to hear.)

So anyway, here are a bunch of tree frog pics, all taken in or near Taipei. Descriptions below each pair of photos.



Polypedates megacephalus, known locally as the white-lipped or white-jawed tree frog. A species fairly widespread throughout Taiwan, China, Myanmar, as far as NE India.



Rhacophorus taipeianus, the Taipei green tree frog. An endemic species restricted to northern Taiwan. I'll have to get out to take better pictures of this one ... my pictures don't do it justice.



Kurixalus idiootocus, the MeinTien tree frog (after type locality, I think). A very small species, and another one restricted to Taiwan, though fairly widespread throughout the island.



Rhacophorus prasinatus, the emerald tree frog. Another beauty, and like the Taipei green tree frog restricted to northern Taiwan.



Hyla chinensis, the Chinese tree toad, the only member of Hylidae present in Taiwan. Widespread throughout eastern China and Taiwan.

Okay then, that's it for now. Hope these upload properly. I'll post photos of some other Taiwanese species in some other section or sections later on. Thanks for looking!

[Xquirrel]

I'm soory, I could not view your pics, however, I do own 5 Polypedates megacephalus in my vivarium. I caught them as tiny tadpoles and raised them now to young frogs. They are super easy to raise as they are tolerant to a wide range of habitats and this made a great experience for me to keep frogs as a starter.

[numpty]

I'm soory, I could not view your pics, ...

Oh, darn it! I uploaded them to the gallery and then linked from there. Maybe I need to change the settings on the album or something. They show up okay for me ...

Anybody have any ideas what I might be doing wrong, or an easier way to attach pics?

[UncleChester]

Your pictures show up fine for me as well, and they're visible in your album. You could always do one big post in the "General Discussion & News" forum? The "Artwork" forum might apply as well but I'm not sure photography was intended to be included. We could probably use a "Photography" forum for gratuitous frog pictures...

Thanks for sharing. It's always interesting to see frogs from around the world!

[numpty]

Just another couple of pictures of Taiwanese tree frogs taken on a trip a few days ago. No new species spotted (I think ... I'll have to check some descriptions before deciding for sure), but I thought these little guys looked particularly cute.

Oh, and a little correction to my previous pic post. It seems that Taiwan actually has two Polypedates species ... the indigenous P. braueri and recently introduced P. megacephalus. I haven't been able to get good enough info to be able to decide which species the pictured frogs belong to. Irritating! I hope the scientists know what they're talking about, as I've read that the Forestry Bureau is carrying out a purge on local P. megacephalus.


Hyla chinensis ... he almost seemed to be posing for me!


Rhacophorus prasinatus and Hyla chinensis ... just hanging out, looking like best buds!

[Raya]

Great pictures! I wish I had such good looking native frogs

Keep 'em coming!