Edulis?

[Malachi]

Hi Folks:
Mark-Oliver Roedel mentions that the dorsum (back) of P. edulis is more or less uniform yellow-green or olive-drab. Males are more greenish, while females are more olive brown. Females are most likely have a pale vertebral stripe and light lines on the ridges and warts.

The lower lip, fingertips and venter (belly) are uniform cream color. Males have dark yellow throats. On some individuals, the venter is completely yellow. The webs are darkly pigmented.

Juveniles have a bright, light green vertebral stripe, golden-brown speckles and black markings on dark green skin. These dark markings appear on lips and extremities.

Here is Roedel differs from Channing and Carruthers, Roedel says there is a dark patch present in the center of the tympanum. All the other sources I read say a light or white spot.

This description seems to match my edulis well, you can see from the photos i posted yesterday.

[onedge30]

Terry, by descriptions alone, do we know if obbianus is closer to edulis or adspersus? In appearance.

[tgampper]

Terry, by descriptions alone, do we know if obbianus is closer to edulis or adspersus? In appearance.

From the very limited information I have, obbianus looks more like adspersus.

[Daniel L]

sorry a replay to an old thread but the frogs on the firt pictures are true P. Edulis. Males are getting bright green in breeding time. Females keep there normal color. Look in my album my breeding edulis they get also bright green. Normaly the males are gray/brouwn but when I put them in the rain chamber they turned bright green and start croaking.
P. adspersus and P. edulis breeding in the same conditions. Males are also agressive but not that much as p. adspersus.
when breeding is over the males turning into brouwnish color again.