Frog ID

[GeckoJosh]

Hey guys,

I found this little guy climbing a wall out the front of my house this evening (in Wyoming).
I straight away thought it was a Striped Marsh Frog but then I saw the raised ridges along its back, I can't recall ever noticing those on a Marshy before so now I am not sure of its identity.

 

[GeckPhotographer]

Crinia signifera......

 

[GeckoJosh]

Crinia signifera......

I feel like such a noob, I have only caught about a million of these guys as a kid, how did I not recognise it the unbroken ridges along the back really threw me off, I hve never seen them with any more than a few bumps

 

[Bluetongue1]

No need to feel that way. They are extremely variable in their colouration. The particularly small size and the cricket like call of males are quite indicative. Tiny little critters that make a good racket year round.

Blue

 

[GeckoJosh]

No need to feel that way. They are extremely variable in their colouration. The particularly small size and the cricket like call of males are quite indicative. Tiny little critters that make a good racket year round.

Blue

Yeah I agree their call is quite unmistakable.
Thanks for the encouragement Blue

Cheers Josh

 

[omg_a_gecko]

Crinia signifera

Their call and a poster of some of the variability in their appearance c:

http://www.peterstreet.com.au/PSwebV2/Common Eastern Froglet, Crinia signifera_Call.mp3

 

[Manda1032]

Cute

 

[GeckoJosh]

Thanks Pete, that poster is a great example

 

[richoman_3]

yep common froglet

when i found my first one -

Common Froglet (Crinia signifera) by Richoman_herps, on Flickr


i found this one under the next rock and thought striped marsh frog straight away, untill i relised it was a crinia, easy to get mixed up !


Common Froglet (Crinia signifera) by Richoman_herps, on Flickr


in saying that, you dont usually make that same mistake twice