Ever seen a frog.......

[RhumbRunner13]

......this small? Can anybody identify a species (SW Florida). I have to believe it's a type of tree frog that hatches from eggs, not going through a tadpole phase.

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[LukkyKnight]

Dentrobate Minimalis, I think, the dwarf tree frog, indigenous to South America, and probably only seen in florida after consuming excessive alchohol.

 

[RhumbRunner13]

Dentrobate Minimalis, I think, the dwarf tree frog, indigenous to South America, and probably only seen in florida after consuming excessive alchohol.

Frogs drink?


Or, did you mean me!

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[LukkyKnight]

Oh cool, you and the frog are drinking, too? That works for me.

As they say to the tadpoles: bottoms up!

 

[cybergirly]

Don't know what kinda frog he is, but he's kinda cute.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Don't know what kinda frog he is, but he's kinda cute.

Aw - you too!

 

[cybergirly]

Ok I'm good at searching. It's called a Florida cricket frog.

 

[cybergirly]

Aw - you too!

Why thank you

 

[cybergirly]

Ok found more:


Florida Cricket Frog
Acris gryllus dorsalis


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Disribution: Throughout state except in the extreme northwestern panhandle.

Habitat: It can be found in freshwater environments such as temporary puddles, marshes, lakes, streams and roadside ditches.

Size: Adults are about 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches in length.

Color: This frog varies in color from dark brown to tan or green.

Description: Cricket Frogs are easily identifiable by a triangular mark just behind the head and between the eyes. A distinct stripe is often, but not always, present along its spine. There are three types of Cricket Frogs in Florida: Northern Cricket Frog, Southern Cricket Frog, and Florida Cricket Frog. The Florida Cricket Frog has two dark stripes on the rear hidden surface of its thigh and does not have anal warts (whereas the Northern Cricket Frog has a single jagged dark stripe between two white stripes on the back of its thigh and does have tiny anal warts and the Southern Cricket Frog has a single smooth cut dark stripe between two white stripes on the back of its thigh and does have tiny anal warts).

Cricket frogs have webbed toes, unlike chorus frogs, do not have enlarged toe pads, like tree frogs, and do not have enlarged glands behind the head, like small toads.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Why thank you

Ah, yes, Amphibiola Seminola Miniscula... I might have known.

 

[cybergirly]

Ah, yes, Amphibiola Seminola Miniscula... I might have known.

LOL

 

[RhumbRunner13]

Ok I'm good at searching. It's called a Florida cricket frog.

I did some searching too. Do you think this description fits?
"The Little Grass Frog, Limnaoedus ocularis, is found in low grasses along shallow and temporary ponds statewide. It is light beige with wide copper stripes. It has a dark stripe through each eye which may extend down the side of the body. It is the smallest (0.67") land vertebrate in the United States. Its call is similar to a cricket's chirp."

I just measured and the "Liberty" on a penny is exactly 1/4 of an inch. He MUST be a juvinile!

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[cybergirly]

I found a pic, at http://www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/frogs/acris_gryllus_dorsalis.htm

It wouldn't let me copy it.

 

[QuickDuck]

no idea, but as girly said, it is pretty cute (oh and yes, girly is cute too )

 

[RhumbRunner13]

This might help......

......but there is nothing for scale. We know this one is only about 1/4 inch.

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[cybergirly]

I did some searching too. Do you think this description fits?
"The Little Grass Frog, Limnaoedus ocularis, is found in low grasses along shallow and temporary ponds statewide. It is light beige with wide copper stripes. It has a dark stripe through each eye which may extend down the side of the body. It is the smallest (0.67") land vertebrate in the United States. Its call is similar to a cricket's chirp."

I just measured and the "Liberty" on a penny is exactly 1/4 of an inch. He MUST be a juvinile!

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hmmmm don't know, the little guy doesn't look beige and copper
he looks more green and copper.
Are there petsmart or something like them in Florida?
You could take him in, and they can tell you.