See Fantastic Frogs in 15 Fun Photographs
Hop through these images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
Blue jeans poison dart frogs cannot be handled since their skin—not made of denim—is extremely toxic.
Beverly Houwing, Costa Rica, 2020
Photographs selected by Allison Scates
Text by Tracy Scott Forson
There’s a good chance that you’ll hear them before you see them. Frogs’ croaks and ribbits often echo through the night when the nocturnal species of these amphibians are most active. Not always easy to spot, many frogs are small enough to fit in your pocket, and frogs can be elusive, blending in with the flora of their surroundings, hopping through treetops or along riverbanks.
While some frogs call the great outdoors on six continents (excluding Antarctica) home, others are domesticated, kept as pets. However, you don’t have to venture through forests or bring a frog into your home to see them. Get your close-up look right here.
Frogs have been known to inhabit homeowners’ backyards—sometimes even clinging to doors, seemingly hoping to be invited in. Gabriella Hanstein, Georgia, 2010
Frog in a person's hands
Many frogs are small enough to fit in the palm of your hands, and some of the tiniest can fit on a U.S. dime.
Samantha Sigelakis-Minski, New York, 2011
A bug on a frog's eye
Samantha Sigelakis-Minski, New York, 2011
A Green frog on a Flower
Orange. Blue. Red. Green. The bright colors of a red-eyed tree frog are strikingly vivid as it clings to a flower in bloom.
Leesa Beckmann, New Jersey, 2020
More:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/see-fantastic-frogs-in-15-fun-photographs-180986279/
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these were all taken around my house with the nikon Z8, the nikon 50mm f/2.8 macro lens and the godox V860iii flash with the AK diffuser.
i noticed a good number of the shots in the smithsonian article were red eyed tree frogs. it's one of the most common frogs i have here around the house:
here is a pair in amplexus, getting ready to find a leaf overhanging the water where the female will deposit a golfball sized glob of eggs that the male will then fertilize:
this is a very blonde milk frog...they're usually more caramel colored:
this is a very confused male red eyed tree frog attempting to get into the amplexus position (he got it backwards) with an annoyed milk frog (i'm not sure if the milk frog is a male or female, but either way, it ain't gonna work)....the milk frog eventually shook loose and moved on:
this one is commonly known as a gladiator tree frog:
i hope you enjoyed these.....more to come as the rainy season progresses here.
near what one would assume were black markings on a leaf until seeing its tiny fingers are bending over the edge of the black area, and it's actually a hole, not a different color.
I have never seen little frog fingers so clearly! They are precious. It does look like their own world, their own tiny frog planet. Heavenly!
The environment around your house must be a constant education, so far beyond concrete and asphalt landscapes.
Thank you, gato moteado.
