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Tiger legged monkey frog


Tiger legged monkey frog
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Copyright: Christian Oskamp (crissie78) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 20 W: 3 N: 70] (385)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-31
Categories: Amphibians
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Frogs and Toads [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-02-10 6:44
Viewed: 2903
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Phyllomedusa tomopterna - Tiger legged monkey frog

These frogs, like other members of the genus, live high up in the canopy of the South American rainforest. They will only come to the ground for mating and breeding.

The males arrive earlier in the evening at a flood pond and start calling from places approx. 4 to 6 m above ground.
The slightly larger females arrive later (as usually). They check out the scene and then choose the most attractive man* which is not yet taken (as usually).

The male mounts the female and they both chose a suitable leaf above the pond which they fold up to a nice funnel. The edges are sealed by a special secretion. Rather few largish eggs are laid into the funnel.

The eggs develop in the relative safety of the folded up leaf. When embryos have used up the yolk and have developed to the mobile tadpole stage, the shell of the eggs and the surrounding gel-like substance soften and release the young. Predation by fish and other aquatic animals is thus reduced. But there is a couple of predatory and parasitic insects (wasps, flies) that have specialised in preying on frog eggs or laying their own eggs into the clutches of Phyllomedusa, whose eggs or embryos will then be eaten by the insect larvae.

source: http://www.geocities.com/hartwig_dellmour/PhyllomedusaTomopterna.html

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Nice detail, whites are justa little burned out on the extreme highlights but that's nit picking

Olá Chris,
que foto linda, gostei muito das cores, esses olhos estão muito bons, bem nítidos, a luz também está muito boa! Parabéns!!!

Francisco Sales

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 546 W: 0 N: 680] (4047)
  • [2006-02-10 9:32]

Very good portrait of the little frog. Nice details and colors.

Excellent DOF and detail. Colours are well saturated and I love the composition. Whites on his lower lip and back leg is a little burnt. But nothing major.

Great job

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  • reina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 263 W: 1 N: 321] (1990)
  • [2006-02-11 6:06]

Hoi Chris, mooie foto, zou ik nog erg graag fotograferen, volgens mij is de scherpte diepte nog niet helemaal ok doordat de poten wat wazig zijn maar dat laat ik verder aan de pro's over. Volgens mij heb je wel mooie reizen gemaakt.
Goed weekend! Groetjes reina

Good portrait. Nice details and colors.

Goed weekend!
Eyal.

A classic shot. I prefer the pose and the composition of this one to your more recent one. the narrow DOF is a bit of a shame, but not much further you could go with the aperture, I expect.
Well done.

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