Hi from Germany

[Kurt]

Thank you Kurt! You can test me on the latin names next week! Joking! I don't know how you remember all the scientific names, I've only just got my head round the two species I have, Kassina senegalensis and Ambystoma mexicanum!

What are those? Just kidding. LOL

See if you can guess what these are.

Hyla andersoni
Hypsiboas punctatus
Ollotis periglenes
Hyperolius marmoratus
Phrynomantis annectens
Dyscophus antongili
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Telmatobius culeus
Atelopus flavescens
Anaxyrus punctatus
Conraua goliath
Dendrobates leucomelas
Mantella laevigata
Leptopelis uluguruensis
Acinonyx jubatus
Ara macao
Dendroaspis polylepis

Good luck

[Kerry1968]

What are those? Just kidding. LOL

See if you can guess what these are.

Hyla andersoni some kind of Tree frog
Hypsiboas punctatus
Ollotis periglenes
Hyperolius marmoratus a newt
Phrynomantis annectens
Dyscophus antongili
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Telmatobius culeus
Atelopus flavescens
Anaxyrus punctatus
Conraua goliath
Dendrobates leucomelas dart frog
Mantella laevigata
Leptopelis uluguruensis
Acinonyx jubatus
Ara macao
Dendroaspis polylepis Is this some kind of frog too? Dart frog?

Good luck

Thats about it without cheating and Googling them!

[Kurt]

Thats about it without cheating and Googling them!

The correct answers are in RED. They are all frogs accept the last three.

Hyla andersoni some kind of Tree frog pine barrens treefrog
Hypsiboas punctatus red-spotted treefrog
Ollotis periglenes Costa Rican golden toad (now extinct)
Hyperolius marmoratus a newt painted reed frog
Phrynomantis annectens marbled rubber frog
Dyscophus antongili northern tomato frog
Gastrophryne carolinensis eastern narrowmouth toad
Telmatobius culeus Lake Titicaca frog
Atelopus flavescens Cayenne stubfoot toad
Anaxyrus punctatus red-spotted toad
Conraua goliath goliath frog
Dendrobates leucomelas bumblebee dart frog
Mantella laevigata lowland or climbing mantella
Leptopelis uluguruensis Uluguru treefrog
Acinonyx jubatus cheetah
Ara macao scarlet macaw
Dendroaspis polylepis Is this some kind of frog too? Dart frog? No, it's a more deadlier than any dart frog. It is the black mamba

[Kerry1968]

I ended up looking them all up to find out what they were! But I was good and didn't change my answers!

The last one I thought was a dart frog from the dendro part of the name. I guess it must mean poison or dangerous (something like that) in Latin.

I'm going to try to look out for the scientific names more and see what I can pick up.
Over on Caudata.org I'm getting to know some of the newt and salamander names, not completely, but can recognise the names when I see them!

I actually took latin as a subject at school, but that was FAR too long ago to remember any of it! I don't think it would have any bearing on species names anyway!

[John]

Dendro means tree. I am not sure what genius decided the genus Dendrobates were treefrogs (they are not).

I think and speak in scientific names unless I don't know it - in that case I use the common name. I only do this because there's no confusion - the scientific name is universal, even across languages. Of course, if the person doesn't know the scientific name I can always try the common name if I know it. I honestly don't know many of the common names. The scientific name business isn't hard - once you do it for a while you find you can learn others more readily.

[Kurt]

And if you do it long enough, you begin to see patterns and begin to understand what the names mean.