A Garter Staple - the Amazing Pacific Chorus Frog

[ConcinusMan]

Neato setup^^^It was definitely dry where I found them.(metallics) The stream was only temporary, lasting just long enough in the spring to barely raise a few tadpoles before things dried up again. The only other amphibians in these canyons were western toads that spend most of the year estivating in burrows, and some CA slender salamanders which don't require standing water to reproduce. Those So. CA frogs tended to be very small too, when compared to NW frogs. Even after things dried up, if you wanted to go digging into the sides of the stream bed, you could find them sharing burrows with toads. NW tadpoles tend to have more time to grow, and so transform into frogs at a larger size. They can be found far from water though, and tend to have a more aborrial existance (near water they can be heard croaking high up in trees) than the So. CA ones.

You know something though? There was once an abondoned gravel pit here in Vanc. where all the frogs were colored to match the gravely-grey background of their environment. Fascinating.

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

You know something though? There was once an abondoned gravel pit here in Vanc. where all the frogs were colored to match the gravely-grey background of their environment. Fascinating.

Color variability seems to be like one of Pseudachris' best survival strategies.

Check out:

Chicago Journals - The American Naturalist