The rainy season just started in Ghana after a prolonged drought, and my son sent me this photo of what he calls a Mud Buddy. That's just his name for them. They are all over the place in the mud, and he says in full view, they look like frogs. Does anyone have any idea what this is? Even though this is not a dart frog, I thought I might share this with you, and will also post it on the amphibian forum to see if anyone there is familiar with the critter. He says the Ghanaians throw them in their stews, innards and all, and they taste like mud.
He avoids the bush meat stews as much as possible. With mammals, like rats and Aardvarks, he tells me they merely singe the hair off over a fire, chop them into hunks with a machete, and toss them in the pot. (He works for the Ghanaian government as a geologist, so has been living in the bush for over a year now--loves the work and the people, but has found some of the food just a bit difficult to pretend to enjoy--in one of his past vocations, he was a gourmet chef and managed a fancy restaurant.)
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho
D. auratus blue
D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
D. imitator
D. leucomelas
D. pumilio Bastimentos
D. fantasticus
P. terribilis mint and organe
D. reticulatus
D. castaneoticus
D. azureus
P vittatus
P. lugubris
. I look forward to seeing if anyone knows what it is!
