hawkesbury frogs!
two days of continuous rain re-filled all the little landscape depressions and ephemeral ponds with plenty of water around richmond. the first night without rain was ideal for frog-spotting. brianne […]
amphibians
translucent glass frog
i was fortunate enough to spend almost 5 weeks in costa rica earlier this year, and it was unbelievable: the trip itself, the people i went with and/or got to […]
glass frog
in the forests of venezuela, there’s a rare frog that offers views i never dreamt of: the glass frog (cochranella antisthenesi) is partly transparent and lets you see directly into […]
time-lapse: frog spawn (take 2)
the following video provides a close-up view of the the development of 5 frog embryos. 11 days in 66 seconds: more information on the making of this time-lapse video:
coming up soon
i’m in the process of making another frog spawn time-lapse video. it looks quite promising so far: i’m getting high-resolution (both pixel- and time-wise) macro footage of 5 eggs. this […]
herpetopotable
fun fact from the field of herpetology1: frogsaustralia.net.au the northern water-holding frog (cyclorana australis) may not be a very attractive or appealing amphibian, optically, but its strategy of surviving the […]