Photo of the Month July 2010

[John]

Due to real life obligations we missed having a June photo of the month. Therefore the June competition has been rolled over for a July photo of the month. Please continue entering - judging will take place on July 1st.

Enter your photos here (please only 1 per member per month!) to get your photo and your name on the cover of the website as the photo of the month for June 2010! Please only enter a photo you own! Please also tell us what type of frog or toad is in the photo. Artwork is not considered a photograph, even if it is prepared from a photo - please no collages or modifications from the original photo beyond overall color/contrast correction, sharpness, basic touch-ups (e.g. dust removal), etc.

Good luck!

[Crystal6]

This would be better for May but hey, these are still out and about in June up here.



This is my first Photo of the Month picture ever. And I took it in the dark outside using only the flash of my camera for light.

Edit: Forgot to list the name. (Thanks Paul for the reminder)

(Northern?) Pseudacris crucifer.

[Paul Rust]

Very nice. I love P. crucifer (Spring Peeper) I wish we had them here so bad. You know, I have a birthday coming up....hint hint.

[Crystal6]

Very nice. I love P. crucifer (Spring Peeper) I wish we had them here so bad. You know, I have a birthday coming up....hint hint.

XD Sorry. I released it back into the wild. (Hopefully it has found another spring peeper and they are having tadpoles in the puddles of rain water as we speak.)

[KennyDB]

Oophaga pumilio 'Bastimentos'

[Paul Rust]

This is Tinc. D. tinctorius, Surinam Cobalt.

[Kurt]

Are you sure that's not an Oyapock tinc? Every cobalt I have seen had yellow markings and not white. I actually like the Oyapock over the cobalts. I almost bought an azureus today, but I talked myself out of it.

Crystal, yes, its the northern spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer.

[Paul Rust]

Are you sure that's not an Oyapock tinc? Every cobalt I have seen had yellow markings and not white.

I agree, Oyapocks are beautiful. Tinc is yellow on his head, camera washes it out and it isn't a very bold yellow yet. He is 1 year old, I hope it darkens some.

[Kurt]

I agree, Oyapocks are beautiful. Tinc is yellow on his head, camera washes it out and it isn't a very bold yellow yet. He is 1 year old, I hope it darkens some.

Well, that explains why he looked like an Oyapock.

[Paul Rust]

Wow Kenny, very pretty Basti.

[daziladi]

Chester looking like his royal highness! <g>

[Andry]

Chester looking like his royal highness! <g>

Love this picture!

[Louis]

This is my Sphaenorhynchus Lacteus (Orinoco Lime Tree Frog)

[Kurt]

Hey I have one of those! I know it as a greater hatchet-faced treefrog, Sphaenorhynchus lacteus. It was sold to me under the name of South American glass frog, which it isn't, and I was told by the vendor that it was a red-spotted treefrog, Hypsiboas punctatus, which it isn't. I bought two of these "red-spotted treffrogs" only to have one die in a month, while the other refused to eat for the first four months I had him. He now eats and is doing fine, even though he is not a red-spotted treefrog.

Awesome picture by the way.

[scribbles]

Awesome pic! Gorgeous frog!

[Louis]

Thanks, Haley.
Yes, Kurt, they are hard to keep at the first few weeks. I have a couple of this spiece since Sep 2009. When I took them home, they are very skinny and refused to eat too. They are so shy and very sensitive to light. They would be frightened even when I walked pass the tank thus I needed to cover the tank with black cloth at night. Is yours the same?? Now they seem doing well. Do you have any idea of breeding them or any source of information about breeding of them?

[Kurt]

Thanks, Haley.
Yes, Kurt, they are hard to keep at the first few weeks. I have a couple of this spiece since Sep 2009. When I took them home, they are very skinny and refused to eat too. They are so shy and very sensitive to light. They would be frightened even when I walked pass the tank thus I needed to cover the tank with black cloth at night. Is yours the same?? Now they seem doing well. Do you have any idea of breeding them or any source of information about breeding of them?

I would say mine is shy, not panic sticken. He spends most of his time in the water bowl. I have yet to see him eat, but fruit flies, bean weevils, and small crickets all dissapear. I have also had him for over a year now. So I know he is not starving to death.

As far as breeding is concerned, I would assume you can breed them like a red-eye. See red-eye care article.

I have very little information on this frog. So everything has been trial and error, that a working knowledge of Hylid husbandry

[Skulldroog]

Here's a picture of "Titan" the larger of my two white's. I tried to snap a picture of him when he was really bright green, but looks like I was too slow.

[crikkifrogger]

Hey Froggers,

Just joined today but I saw there was a photo contest. I am an underwater shark photographer but I thought I would give this one a shot. I saw my first green frog (R. clamitans) of the year. Enjoy,

Craig

P.S. if only pics of captive frogs are allowed, I apologize in advance.

[Paul Rust]

Hey Craig, that is a very cool pic. All frog pics are allowed. Thanks for sharing it. This is going to be a very tough month to vote on.