Three weeks ago, I found frogspawn on the ground near the pond. I scraped it up and dropped it into our tadpole cage. Some was on a trainer that had been left near the pond. I dropped the trainer into a bowl of water, as it proved impossible to remove the spawn. Today I saw movement in the bowl.

There are at least 13 tadpoles in the bowl. Unfortunately, the frogspawn in the pond hasn't hatched. It was likely laid a little earlier, and scraping it off the ground may have damaged it. #frogFriday

Not only is it the equinox, it's also World Frog Day! 🐸

Here's a male green frog (𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴) from three years ago in Frear Park:

#WorldFrogDay #frog #FrogFriday #ranidae #frogs #amphibians

Vihernuolimyrkkysammakko (Dendrobates auratus).

La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica 28.1.2017

#frogfriday

Gray tree frog. Brennan's Hill, Quebec.

#frogFriday #frog #photo #photography #photographie #nature #wildlife #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #BrennansHill #naturephotography

#NewSpecies!
New rain frog from #ecuador just jumped in:

Pristimantis fergusoni

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6137E4E9-B56D-591A-A8DA-F27E0C3F94E0
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1269.162260
#ZooKeys #PristimantisFergusoni

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs