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Wild frog ident.

gazaah Jan 05, 2004 09:05 AM

I'm in the United States Virgin Islands, and I've got some small frogs that have the characteristic body of a poison arrow frog. Don't have the resources to identify them. If I could figure out a family or probable genus it would be enough for me to figure out these little guys.

Got examine one very closely when I fished him out of our pool then rinsed the chlorine off him before letting him go in the jungle.

Would fit inside a nickle, but is large that a dime, no bright colors. Greyish-tan speckled belly, eyes black. Sides of head dark, back tan, but patterned with dark brown markings, like long squiggly stripes, some that meet and merge. Any ideas? Maybe this isn't even a poison frog, it's just shaped like one?

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andersonii85 Jan 05, 2004 09:31 AM

Hello. Interesting query. There are no frogs of the family Dendrobatidae that are native to your area so my best guess is that it is a rain frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus. If my memory serves me right then there are about five species within this genus which are native to the U.S. Virgin Islands. They seem to fit what you are talking about according to your account of their morphological appearance. Good luck.
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Justin
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D.auratus (Costa Rican, Nicaraguan)
D.leucomelas
D.tinctorius (lorenzo, yellowback, citro, pb, oyopock,etc.)
D.azureus
D.ventrimaculatus (yellow/gold)
D.pumilio (blue jeans, solid red)
P.aurotaenia (narrow bands/green)
P.bicolor
E.tricolor (Santa Isabel)
H. leucophyllata
P. hypochondrialis azurea
P. resinifictrix
A. caladryas
etc.......

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