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Masked Frog

Smilisca phaeota

Description:

Golden colored frog

Habitat:

Was in the hot sun on a warm wooden deck

Notes:

Beautiful golden coloration

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9 Comments

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago

Excellent amphibian spotting!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Great shot Yasser!

marylou.wildlife
marylou.wildlife 12 years ago

Whoa, beautiful frog! I love those black mask lines! It looks pretty big, about how big was it?? Pics are great by the way... such lovely face shots! :)

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

Thanks Lars! I'm practicing :)

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

Great macro, Yasser

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

Daniele and Yasser, The two of you are getting me very intrigued in this area.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Hi Yasser,
Your posting intrigued me; I think I may have seen the same frog 4 years ago!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/639...

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

Gordon, thanks for the help! I think you're right. I've added some more photos of a higher resolution. It was really beautiful.

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

Could be a masked frog (Smilisca phaeota). They exhibit a wide variation in overall coloration, although the facial patterns remain pretty much the same. See http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bocas_databa... and see what you think. I did a bit of research on images and am fascinated by the number of frog species in that area.

Yasser
Spotted by
Yasser

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 8, 2011
Submitted on Jun 8, 2011

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