Frogs at the Museum of Natural History

[zakaspfc]

I dont know if any of you will be in the new york city area within the next few days but have a look at this:

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/

im planning on running down tomorrow. This exhibition has been up for a while, and I hope I dont miss it! From what I hear there are 200+ live specimens. Thats almost as much as some of you guys...

[John]

Thanks for posting this .

[John]

I just read this on their African Bullfrog page: "The male guards the tadpoles, which swim around him for protection. While protecting the swimming tadpoles, he also feeds on them."

This has been proven to not be the case - the guarding male will not eat his tadpoles. I'm very disappointed that an authoritative place like that doesn't check their facts.

[Mattiez]

I was in Manhattan a few weeks and ended up getting to see this. It was pretty fun. Shall I upload some pictures from it?

[zakaspfc]

Definitely upload some pictures!

And yeah there were some strange happenings for sure, but all in all it was a nice exhibit. They also kept about 5 different species of darts in 1 large vivarium. And I noticed that Dendrobates azureus was listed as Dendrobates tinctorius. Is this a commonly accepted? Am I behind the times? I knew that they were closely related but i did not know they lumped them together

[John]

Shall I upload some pictures from it?

By all means, please do.

And I noticed that Dendrobates azureus was listed as Dendrobates tinctorius. Is this a commonly accepted? Am I behind the times? I knew that they were closely related but i did not know they lumped them together

Azureus no longer has species status. It's considered a locale/morph of tinctorius.

[Kurt]

I saw this exhibit when it came to the Museum of Science in Boston. I was a little disapointed that every frog I saw I have or can get easily. I wanted to see rarer species, like Dyscophus antogilii, Atelopus zeteki, or any of the Deullmanohyla frogs.