f/5.6 1/100 ISO100 100mm
Friday, July 18, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Tungara Frog
f/8 1/100 ISO100 100mm
A male tungara frog deflates his submerged
lungs as he waits for safety to begin calling
again.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Tungara Frog
f/3.2 1/100 ISO100 100mm
Every night during the wet season is a star-
struck night of romance for the male
Tungara frog.
Friday, July 11, 2008
A male tungara frog
f/2.8 1/125 ISO100 100mm
Despite its toad-like appearance Physalaemus
pustulosus is in fact a frog and a prolific
frog at that. This is one of the most abundant and
broadly distributed amphibians in the neotropics.
In pursuit of this honor males congregate at ephemeral
pools of rainwater during the wet season and chorus to
attract females, whom control mate choice and select
males on the basis of a male's song. As with males of most
animal species, a male tungara frog spends considerable
time courting with little, if any, mating opportunity.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Scinax rubra
f/4.0 1/100 ISO 100 100mm
This Scinax species is famous for its willingness
to jump off tall aerial stuctures, gliding down
to the earth safely with its body stretched out
like a base-jumper.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Hyla rosenbergi, Gladiator Tree Frog
f/5.6 ISO 100 100mm 1/100th
I believe this species is the most affectionate of
Panama's frogs - you can see the personality in
their eyes. It is not uncommon for a gladiator
to lunge from a branch onto a human observer,
climbing up onto one's shoulder and perching
patiently for an opportunity to sing. Precious.
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