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I thought the members of this forum would enjoy seeing a bit of amphibian history. You are looking at a low-res scan of an authentic 122 year old print, created in Australia in 1881. It depicts a green and gold bell frog. The old Latin name Ranoidea aurea is used in the description. It is far more detailed than what can be discerned on a computer monitor (the protective watermark is certainly not on the original print). The print accompanied a scientific journal that gave descriptions of all animal life in the area of Australia known as Victoria. Fortunately, a number of interesting species occur there resulting in beautiful artwork like the print below. Hope you enjoyed seeing it.
Will Brown
www.BlueRidgeBiological.com
Authentic, Rare Herpetological Art

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thats pretty cool, how'd you get a hold of that? they are now called litoria aurea, and are becming endangered. its close relative litoria raniformis is already critically endangered and close to extinct.

luke z
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http://luke_zecevic.tripod.com/frogsofaustralia

Hi Luke. I checked out the link you provided and saw a nice photo of a bell frog. I also noticed you are from Australia. Must be interesting to see some of these species in the wild (before they possibly disappear forever). There are a number of other 19th century Australian herp prints in this same series. If anyone wants to see the others I have in my online art gallery just click on the link below. You can see the Australian species by clicking on the kingsnake.com images link near the top of the main page.
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