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Common Frog


Common Frog
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Copyright: Catherine Dijon (CatherineD) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 425 W: 15 N: 1844] (6663)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-08
Categories: Amphibians
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/50 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-08 13:16
Viewed: 705
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Common Frog (Rana temporaria) also known as the European Common Frog or European Common Brown Frog is found throughout much of Europe as far north as well north of the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of Iberia, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans. The furthest west it can be found is Ireland, where it is an introduced species.
Adult Common Frogs have a body length of between six and nine centimetres and their backs and flanks vary in colour, with olive green grey-brown, brown, olive-brown, grey or yellowish possible. However, Common Frogs are known to be able to lighten and darken their skin in order to match their surroundings.
Common Frogs' flanks, limbs and backs are covered with irregular dark blotches and they usually sport a chevron-shaped spot on the back of their neck. Their eyes are golden-brown with horizontal pupils.
Common frogs are active almost all of the year, only hibernating when it gets very cold and the water and earth are consistently frozen. Common frogs hibernate in running waters, muddy burrows and can hibernate in layers of decaying leaves and mud at the bottom of ponds. The fact that they can breathe through their skins allows them to stay underwater for much longer periods of time when they are hibernating.(Wikipedia)
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La grenouille rousse (Rana temporaria) est un amphibien de l'ordre des Anoures. Elle a un corps trapu, le museau fortement arrondi, un œil doré à la pupille horizontale, deux lignes de glandes bien marquées sur le dos.
La taille du bout des pattes allongées au museau ne dépasse pas 8 à 10 cm.
La grenouille rousse peut se rencontrer partout en Europe jusqu’au cap Nord et même en Asie, sauf au sud de l'Espagne, en Italie et dans les Balkans.
Elle affectionne les plans d'eau, les marais, les étangs et les cours d'eau lents, souvent en lisière forestière ou sous les arbres, mais aussi dans les forêts et les prairies humides.
Durant les 4 mois d'hiver elle hiberne, en s'envasant dans le fond d'un ruisseau ou d'une rivière à proximité et y restera immobile ayant réduit au minimum ses besoins vitaux.
La grenouille rousse peut vivre de 6 à 10 ans. (Wikipedia)
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  • Suzy Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 10 W: 0 N: 16] (101)
  • [2009-03-08 13:34]

wow what a close up! nice light, good sharpness and fantastic frame!

lovely and thx Catherine

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  • matatur Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1089 W: 193 N: 1380] (4472)
  • [2009-03-08 14:09]

Hi Catherine, my neighbor of today,
A superb frontal capture of probably a female specimen all puffed up in a defensive mode, trying to make itself look bigger than its actual size to possible predators. The natural environment finely demonstrates its camouflage capability. TFS this nice image my friend.
Cheers,
Mehmet
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Ciao Catherine,
une très belle photo de cet amphibien pris avec un excellent point de vue, très beau cadrage avec une formidable perspective, les couleurs sont très belle et naturelles, ls lumière est merveilleuse.
Merci et félicitations
Amicalement
Maurizio

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 597 W: 0 N: 515] (3068)
  • [2009-03-08 16:26]

Bonjour Catherine !

Nice catch. Clair et de couleurs chaudes.
Vos photos sont magnifiques.
La meilleure et la plupart des autres attendus.
Adrian

Bonjour !
Elle a l'air tellement grosse - serait-ce la grenouille qui voulait se faire aussi grosse qu'un bœuf ? :-) La photo, en tous cas, est excellente, j'adore les détails, les couleurs très naturelles, la lumière, les feuilles mortes tout autour de la grenouille. Félicitations !
Valérie.

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2009-03-09 10:18]

Catherine,What a shot. Superb superb.Good work. Ganesh

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-03-10 1:29]

Hello Catherine!

Looks like fat and very happy frog to me :-) Very nice, golden colours and good POV.

I like how you captured the golden skin of this frog, I wonder whether this frog is ugly or beautiful... but maybe it is just what it is. The design of focus and composition is good. It gets clear that the common frog is well adapted to the bed of autumn leaves that is its habitat. Mike

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