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<i>Cynops pyrrhogaster</i> in the wild (Part VI)
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Those are nice pics Tim. I spent a month in Japan back in 99, a few days in Tokyo but mostly down in Kummomato (gosh I hope that is spelled correctly). Anyway, it was December and fairly cold. I went out often looking for whatever I could find but the only herp that I ever turned up was an aquatic frog with a flattened, shovel like snout. Keep the pics coming.
Chip
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Thanks Foster. You must be referring to Kumamoto on Kyushu Island. Should be plenty of amphibians there --it's just a matter of finding them. I pretty much rely on help from people who know better, as in this case
Most of the C. pyrrhogaster we saw were originally under leaves in the stream, though they occasionally rise to the surface for gulps of air.
Most of the C. pyrrhogaster we saw were originally under leaves in the stream, though they occasionally rise to the surface for gulps of air.
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john
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Awesome pics man. I love when you post your findings. Thx. Keep um coming.
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joeri
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Nice set Tim, looking forward to part VII
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john
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Wow. look at all those tads. Tim do you live in Tokyo?
And Rana japonica:
I'm told one can tell this species apart from Rana ornativentris by looking at the dorsal ridges, which are generally straight up the back and over the head with the former while they are crooked with the latter, curcing to the right before taking a left over the eye socket with
There was a Rana rugosa there as well but it hopped away before I could snap a pic of it. Also present were Rhacophorus schlegelii eggs, though I didn't get a photo of them either.
For more pics on Japanese anurans, see:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/24791/17986.html
(Message edited by TJ on April 26, 2005)
I'm told one can tell this species apart from Rana ornativentris by looking at the dorsal ridges, which are generally straight up the back and over the head with the former while they are crooked with the latter, curcing to the right before taking a left over the eye socket with
There was a Rana rugosa there as well but it hopped away before I could snap a pic of it. Also present were Rhacophorus schlegelii eggs, though I didn't get a photo of them either.
For more pics on Japanese anurans, see:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/24791/17986.html
(Message edited by TJ on April 26, 2005)
Thanks, Joeri. I should be getting out to a more distant prefecture early next month so we'll see. I managed this here outing on a workday, believe it or not
This was the first time I have ever seen a juvenile like this in the water:
<font size="-1">John, yes, I'm a Tokyo resident as in my brief profile in the lefthand column.
And if you click on a person's name, you can see their (sometimes) more detailed profile
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This was the first time I have ever seen a juvenile like this in the water:
<font size="-1">John, yes, I'm a Tokyo resident as in my brief profile in the lefthand column.
And if you click on a person's name, you can see their (sometimes) more detailed profile
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Tim, are you a biologist or herpologist by chance? I always wanted to be one or the other, but I have neither the time nor the money to accomplish it, so it has become my hobby.
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ammar
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<u>man that is awsome tim did u keep those newts and that frog o and that tadpoles the tadpoles r just sweat
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Hi John, I'm neither, just an amateur enthusiast and budding naturalist like most of us here.
Hi Ammar. No, I wouldn't have had the space or the time to care for them properly, and more importantly, C. pyrrhogaster is very, very scarce now in the area around Tokyo due mainly to habitat loss, so taking these from the wild would only have worsened an already serious problem.
The frog photographed together with the newt was caught by some kid -- who hopefully released both as his dad said he would. There sure were tadpoles galore there, but no, frogs are not really my thing -- though I've raised tadpoles of one isolated group of Bufo japonicus for re-release as morphs on two occasions in the last two years:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/24791/12926.html?1084854637
...and intend to make this an annual thing
Hi Ammar. No, I wouldn't have had the space or the time to care for them properly, and more importantly, C. pyrrhogaster is very, very scarce now in the area around Tokyo due mainly to habitat loss, so taking these from the wild would only have worsened an already serious problem.
The frog photographed together with the newt was caught by some kid -- who hopefully released both as his dad said he would. There sure were tadpoles galore there, but no, frogs are not really my thing -- though I've raised tadpoles of one isolated group of Bufo japonicus for re-release as morphs on two occasions in the last two years:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/messages/24791/12926.html?1084854637
...and intend to make this an annual thing
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ammar
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hey tim those r really cool tads well u guys get alot of reptiles and anphibians in tokyo the reptiles and anphibians we get over here in canada r garden snakes green and leoperd frogs north american comen toadsand and little salamanders lol and ya i have breed frogs in the past ive succesfully morpghed 2o leoperd frog tadpoles but your better than me in morghing 2 how did u manage 2 morgh 80 tads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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