Taiwan frog pics - tree frogs

[numpty]

Thanks for all the nice comments.

I think it would be difficult to take bad pics of such good looking fellas, and my camera's nothing special. A basic Casio compact with a x10 zoom. I do envy the crisp, clear quality you get from a good DSLR though ... if I win the lottery I'll be in the market for one.

Mr Zoggs, good luck with the spotting. It can be an infuriating business, no doubt about it. Sometimes I hear them calling but as soon as I get close they go quiet. I have to stand there for ages waiting for them to call again, and even then it can take a while to locate them. Sometimes right under my nose all long. But like you there have been a couple of occasions when I've had to just walk away in frustration from a bush that an apparently invisible frog was calling from.

EDIT: I've just added some more pictures of terrestrial/aquatic Taiwanese frogs/toads over in the General Discussion section, as suggested by UncleChester.

http://www.frogforum.net/general-dis...tml#post121261

[numpty]

A little trip south of my usual stomping grounds, and a few more species spotted and checked off the list.

Buergeria robusta, or the robust Buerger's frog. Comes in many colours, but I especially like the yellow.



Buergeria japonica. This comes in a similar range of colours to B. robusta, but is quite a bit smaller. Notable for being able to tolerate hot springs water, and can be found in temperatures of up to 40 degrees C (104 F for Americans and older Brits). Not really a tree frog, but a member of Rhacophoridae, so I'm including it here anyway. Don't be angry.



Finally a snap of a bamboo stump containing what I assume to be the tadpoles of Kurixalus eiffingeri. Do I get to check this one off the list? I don't think so ... I'll keep on looking for adults, but it's proving a challenge. A species notable for laying eggs in bamboo stumps, cracks of trees, etc, and then exhibiting parental care: the father guards the eggs until they hatch, and the mothor visits the tadpoles and feeds them unfertilized eggs. Awww!


I have a few more pictures in the other thread mentioned above (a narrow-mouth and salamander). Don't know why I bothered splitting these posts into tree frogs and other amphibians ... perhaps because growing up in the UK, tree frogs seem especially exotic and interesting to me!

Thanks for looking!