Any frog experts here?

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I can use a specie ID of this frog. Location: Drainage ditch in New York State.

Thanks,

-Rich
 

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Ah, okay. Thanks.

And a male, I'd say, based on the size of the tympanum.

Much appreciated.

-Rich
 
Sac Arrow said:
I've never heard it called that before hahaha
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Me neither. I just read the wiki. I'm guessing it's the eardrum.

I find when I submit pictures of animals to the stock companies, they're more likely to accept them if they have the taxonomical names in the description.

I took about 30 or 40 pictures of that frog, lying on my belly in the mud. I'll send four or five to the stock company. They'll probably accept one. Maybe two, at the most. The others, they'll reject because the depth of field is too shallow, the background is too distracting, the frog twitched his eyebrow, or some other equally lame reasons.

-Rich
 
I decided to submit only three for now, to see if the company is even interested in pictures of amphibians in their natural environment. Most of the frog pictures they have are "isolated" shots or posed shots -- very nice work, but almost cartoon-like.

But hey, if they don't want them, I'll upload them to my own free stock photo site and collect some revenue from the ad clicks.

-Rich
 

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F'ing 'Green Frog' is the answer???? Hell, even I could have told you THAT!!
 
:)

Whenever I see a green frog, even a picture, I have an urge to catch it. :D
Spent many hours hunting those wily, slippery buggers in ponds in NJ when I was a lad. Got very, very muddy, but I caught a few.
And yes, the tympanum is the eardrum.
 
Frog, Kermit D

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I have thousands of tadpoles in that ditch. I wonder whether they're related...

-Rich
 
During late Spring and early Summer a toad often shows up at the hangar. I don't know if it is the same toad over and over or a different toad every year. Never been more than one. I always consider it a sign of good luck. I like toads.
 
Warrior said:
in nosing around my Wikepedia article I found that maybe there is a new species of Leopard Frog and that could be the froggie in question:
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You may have it. I declined to answer this because the amphibian in question looked nothing at all like a leopard frog (markings are all wrong). Didn't look like a green frog either. I'd believe a new species. Pretty cool it being found in upstate NY.
 
Surprisingly, the stock company accepted two of the three pictures. They took the first and second pictures, but declined the third because it was too similar to the first.

Personally, I thought the third was the best of the three, but they said it was too similar to the first. I thought the froggy's expression was better. Go figger...

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1189883#post1189883

-Rich
 
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