ID of juvenile frog, Sierra de Arracena.

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ID of juvenile frog, Sierra de Arracena.

Postby Mike Brown » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:19 pm

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Sorry for the poor quality photo, but can someone ID this small juvenile frof, foun d under a stone by a stream in the Sierra de Arracena, Spain a few days ago?
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Re: ID of juvenile frog, Sierra de Arracena.

Postby Noah Meier » Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:40 pm

Hi Mike,
my guess would be Discoglossus galganoi even though I haven't seen this species yet in flesh. In my eyes typically are the banded colorations on the back legs and the triangular coloration on the snout.

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Re: ID of juvenile frog, Sierra de Arracena.

Postby Mike Brown » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:03 pm

Hi Noah
That was my first thought, and I did see a number of those around Southern Iberia last week, but I thought that this one could be a Pelodytes.
Unfortunately (for amphibians) conditions were very dry down there last week, and all I found otherwise was a juvenile Pleurodeles under an old tyre in a dried up pond!
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