Results tagged “frog” on Earth Touch Blog
Flickr group: pic of the day – red-eyed tree frog Apr 11 2008
Red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) are slender, delicate frogs whose brilliant green bodies have pale blue vertical bars on the side.
Tags: amphibian, central america, costa rica, frog, red-eyed tree frog, tree frogFlickr group: pic of the day – poison dart frog Mar 7 2008
This photograph of a poison dart frog (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus) has been chosen as our Earth-Touch Flickr group “picture of the day”.
Tags: amphibian, arboreal, dart frog, frog, peru, poison dart frog, south america, vertebrateToads, frogs and tadpoles Feb 4 2008
Toads and frogs are both tailless amphibians and begin life in water as tadpoles.
Tags: amphibian, anatomy, asia, blyde canyon, egg, fertilise, frog, khao yai, metamorphosis, mpumalanga, national park, south africa, tadpole, thailand, toadFledglings prepare for flight Jan 30 2008
Yellow-billed kites (Milvus migrans parasitus) are opportunistic feeders. They glide through the air, scanning the ground for carcasses of dead animals, or for small live prey such as lizards, locusts and frogs.
The adult kite that Earth-Touch has been tracking attends to its chicks’ needs, but soon it will be vital for these young fledglings to learn the ultimate survival skill, flight.
Tags: amphibian, bird, carcasse, chick, fly, frog, glide, kite, kwazulu-natal, lizard, locust, nest, prey, reptile, south africa, wing, yellow-billed kiteMorning in the canyon Jan 29 2008
On a morning walk down the slopes of the majestic Blyde Canyon, in South Africa, the Earth-Touch crew encounters several nocturnal creatures.
Toad chorus Jan 29 2008
Each species of frog or toad has a unique call. You can hear a chorus of olive toads in the Earth-Touch clip, Toad song in the canyon, filmed in the Blyde Canyon in South Africa.
Lions and smaller creatures of the Okavango Dec 20 2007
After a eating a tsessebe, lions laze in the long grass of the Okavango Delta in Botswana in the Earth-Touch clip, Small creatures lively while lions laze.
The lions are not active as they digest their meal, so the crew has a chance to film the smaller attractions of this area.
Tags: africa, amphibian, frog, okavangoDid you know? Painted reed frog Dec 17 2007
The painted reed frog is found near lagoons and pans, as well as reedbeds and grasslands.
These small frogs, up to 3cm (1.18in) in size, feed on insects near the water’s edge.
Tags: amphibian, bird, call, frog, painted reed frogDid you know? Pit vipers Nov 29 2007
Pit vipers, as their name suggests, have a heat-sensitive pit on either side of their head. These pits are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature, being covered with a temperature sensitive membrane.
These organs can help the pit viper sense the presence of warm-blooded animals, which is ultimately useful at night when these reptiles most often hunt for small animals such as frogs and lizards. They often form ‘S’-shapes with their body, enabling them to strike at any time.
Tags: asia, frog, hunt, lizard, membrane, pit viper, reptile, snake, thailand, thung salaeng luang national park, viper, warm-bloodedWildlife news from around the world
Frogs’ toes inspire sticky tape Oct 16 2007
Materials scientists have created a strong, reusable adhesive tape which can be removed cleanly. Their inspiration: the toe pads of tree frogs, lizards and crickets, which remain sticky without picking up dust particles.
Tags: adhesive, air, amphibian, capillary, cricket, dust, frog, gecko, indian institute of technology, lizard, oil, red-eyed tree frog, toe, vessel
Did you know? African fish eagle Oct 2 2007
This fairly large eagle is related to the North American bald eagle, and looks quite similar. As its name suggests, the African fish eagle feeds mainly on fish but it has been known to eat the chicks of shore birds or even, rarely, monkeys, frogs and lizards.
Tags: african fish eagle, bird, chick, eagle, frog, lizard, monkey, preyWildlife news from around the world
Eleven new species discovered Oct 1 2007
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the discovery of 11 new species exclusive to Vietnam. They include a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties discovered in the Green Corridor, a lowland wet evergreen forest region in the Thua Thien Hue province.
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New species of frog discovered Sep 4 2007
Scientists have discovered a tiny new species of poisonous frog in a forest in Colombia, several news agencies have reported, including Fox International and National Geographic News.
The golden frog’s range is limited to only about 20 hectares (50 acres) in a mountainous area in Colombia’s Cundimarca region.
Tags: columbia, conservation international, cundimarca, dart frog, discovery, frog, golden frog, mountain, reptile, south americaWildlife news from around the world
Congo forest home to at least 6 new species Aug 20 2007
Six new animal species – a bat, a rat, two shrew and two frog species – have been identified by a Wildlife Conservation Survey expedition to a remote forested area in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The area covers 1000km squared (621mi squared) and is in the eastern part of the country, near Lake Tanganyika, and has been inaccessible to researchers since 1960 because of political instability, the BBC reported in an article on the new finds.
Tags: bat, democratic republic of congo, frog, lake tanganyika, plant, rat, reptile, shrew, wildlife conservation surveyPage 1 of 1 pages
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