For #FrogFriday this is the first photo I took of a red-legged frog (Rana aurora aurora) when I moved to Vancouver Island. It looks like a masked bandit lurking in the forest.

#NewSpecies!
New leaf litter toad from #china just snuck in:

Leptobrachella albomarginata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A6E5865D-1845-5D97-A499-0FDC6261F08A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.135560
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #LeptobrachellaAlbomarginata

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#HappyFriday and happy #FrogFriday -The red-legged frog (Rana aurora aurora) lives along the Pacific coast of North America from southern British Columbia to Baja California del Norte. In British Columbia, it is found throughout Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Lower Mainland, west of the Coast Mountains.

I photographed this red-legged frog in #Sayward on Vancouver Island years ago. I never overstay when I photograph them because I don't want to stress them.

#NewSpecies!
New small tree frog from #china just snuck in:

Gracixalus weii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6ACF6E8-1322-5389-98DE-21A4293DF9F5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.133735
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #GracixalusWeii

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For #FrogFriday , one of the coolest #Nazca ceramics I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot LOL)…so many funky froggos!
“Double spout bottle with painted #frogs. Late Nasca. Stylization and vessel form reflect the period.”
[Nazca culture, Peru, c.1-750CE; Late Nazca, Phases 6-7, c.500-750CE)
On display @ AMNH NYC 41.1/9012
#AndeanArt #IndigenousArt

Hey, did you know that today is #FrogFriday ? To celebrate, I present to you Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas) seen here enjoying a swim in a shallow creek in the mountains on Vancouver Island.

To take this photo, I had to lie down across a muddy trail because I wanted to be at eye-level with this beautiful creature. Hikers had to step over me, confused by my odd behaviour.

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #papuanewguinea just snuck in:

Oreophryne purari

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0387D428-371B-FFF0-8BA5-91F6FBBFFAD4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.2
#Zootaxa #OreophrynePurari

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#NewSpecies!
New frog from #ecuador just got in:

Hyloscirtus dispersus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/43A76F83-26E6-5F84-81D2-F77878FB4876
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.124926
#ZooKeys #HyloscirtusDispersus

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For #SciFri, I've authored a PSA on why it is not wise to move frogspawn between ponds, including information and guidance from a number of sources. Hopefully, a number of people find it useful! #Herpetology #Amphibians #Frogs #FrogFriday

https://stevenallain.co.uk/Blog/scifri-why-you-shouldnt-move-spawn-between-ponds/

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #india just climbed in:

Minervarya ghatiborealis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C7E87F2-8474-FFEF-27C8-FCBF3467FE37
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.6
#Zootaxa #MinervaryaGhatiborealis

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#NewSpecies!
New treefrog from #indonesia just climbed in:

Rhacophorus boeadii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD0687A4-FFDB-2703-FF34-FB73610250E8
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.1
#Zootaxa #RhacophorusBoeadii

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#NewSpecies!
New microhylid frog from #papuanewguinea just croaked:

Cophixalus flavopunctatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0387D428-3711-FFF6-8BA5-915AFE3CF944
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.3.2
#Zootaxa #CophixalusFlavopunctatus

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#Dream #Today

I dreamed a woman in a 12 layer yellow and green kimono threw something me. It chirped, turned into a small green tree frog. When it landed at my feet, it looked up at me for a second, and then became a jade frog figurine.

I know just were this is going in my novel!

#FrogFriday :
Walter Inglis Anderson (USA, 1903-1965)
Black and White #Frogs , c. 1955
Watercolor on paper
Collection of the Family of Walter Anderson, via Walter Anderson Museum of Art:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG-vZPvO9tp/

#FrogFriday :
Plastic aryballos (perfume bottle) in the form of a #toad
East Greek, High / Ripe Archaic, c. 570-500 BCE
Painted clay pottery, L 18.3 cm
Antikensammlung Berlin F4051
#AncientGreek
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Greek_plastic_aryballos_-_toad_-_Berlin_AS_F_4051_-_01.jpg

#NewSpecies!
New treefrog from #australia just climbed in:

Litoria pyrina

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DFB142-654D-FFF8-FF5B-3437FB67D903
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.3
#Zootaxa #LitoriaPyrina

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#FishFriday vs #FrogFriday in a medieval bestiary:
Bodleian Libraries MS. Bodley 764, fol. 54v
England, c. 1225-50
https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e6ad6426-6ff5-4c33-a078-ca518b36ca49/

#NewSpecies!
New treefrog from #ecuador just jumped in:

Dendropsophus cannatellai

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA1177A0-74C8-59B1-9F69-711C4654B852
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.135431
#EvolutionarySystematics #DendropsophusCannatellai

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