Name that frog! 3 photos.

[Squirgle]

Alright, I work at a pet store. Awhile ago we ordered what were being called Peacock Tree Frogs. Once we got them they all looked unique and I became interested. I wound up taking two home myself but I couldn't find any info on their species at all. Later I emailed a friend who passed the pics along and the frogs were tenatively identified as belonging to the family Leptopelis but I was wondering what you guys would think.

James
Hopefully I can do this picture posting thing right...



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[Bry]

Here you go...







Dunno anything about the species, but those are pretty frogs.

Bry

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[telefrag]

Well, it doesnt look like a typical leptopelis to me, but they can be pretty variable, and there are several sp. and a few ssp. (last I checked).

Did anyone give you any info on where they were imported/collected?

Looks like what I have seen being called a "african green tree frog"
but then again, dealing with common names, you really dont end up knowing what you really have.
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[telefrag]

Ok, the top and last one looks like a
Leptopelis vermiculatus

The middle:
Leptopelis christyi ????

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[Squirgle]

Thanks Bry! Could you tell me what I did wrong? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Telefrag, thats exactly the problem I ran into. From what I could tell they all were the same type of frog if nothing else because size and body shape were Very identical. What I was told from my friend was
<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> General concensus of the three amphibian god's I asked your questions too said that this frog is of the genus Leptopelis, but they believe there are different undescribed subspecies. They said that the color has nothing to do with sex, or even locale, and to the best of their knowledge it is just a difference in color phases. </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE> Basically he clarified the next day that as far as they could tell, because of the way the genus worked, they could all in theory be the exact same thing. Supposedly with Leptopelis you can take several frogs from the exact same place and even family tree and have Totally different colors. Sound somewhat true?
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[Squirgle]

Nevermind Bry, I think I got it.

Ok just for fun, hows about Peacock #4?

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[Squirgle]

Found out that they are being collected from Tanzania...that change anything?
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[telefrag]

It could,
that would be the Tanzinian tree frog from common names I have heard.

Those are quite possibly vermiculatus, thats where they are from.
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[savannah_babe]

frogs are quite interesting creatures. i also am in the pet buisness. (own my own pet shop) and we get some cute little guys in everyonce in a while. my favorite though, always has been the red eye tree frog http://public.fotki.com/philpegg/the...tree_frog.html

i think these guys are the coolest [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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[telefrag]

Phyllomedusines are magical arent they?
red eyes are just too cool.
I used to have several tanks of them, but alas, I used to rotate animals a bit more than im willing to admit to.
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