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Frogs and Toads

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Amphibia - Salientia

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unidentified Toad <Bufonidae>. photo: 09/1998, Bhutan. Japanese Tree Frog [1], Nihon Ama-gaeru or Hyla japonica <Hylidae>. photo: 04/2001, Niigata, Japan.
Grass Frog, Yooroppa Aka-gaeru or Rana temporaria <Ranidae>. photo: 09/2001, Forêt d'Issaux, France.

Unidentified Brown Frog, Rana sp. <Ranidae>. photo: 05/2002, Fukushima, Japan. Japanese Tree Frog [2], Nihon Ama-gaeru or Hyla japonica <Hylidae>. photo: 04/2001, Nagano, Japan.
Unidentified Frog. photo: 08/2002, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia.

Unidentified Frog (2cm) [1][2]. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia. Rana nigromaculata, or Tonosama Gaeru, probably <Ranidae>. photo: 04/2004, Yamaguchi, Japan. Japanese Brown Frog [1], Nihon Aka-gaeru or Rana japonica <Ranidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Montane Brown Frog [1], Yama Aka-gaeru or Rana ornativentris <Ranidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan. Japanese Brown Frog [2][3], Nihon Aka-gaeru or Rana japonica <Ranidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan. Montane Brown Frog [2], Yama Aka-gaeru or Rana ornativentris <Ranidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Unidentified Frog (Tadpole). photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan. Unidentified Frog. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Leptodactylus knudseni [1][2]. <Leptodactylidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Atelopus spumarius hoogmoedi <Bufonidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. Bufo margaritifer, probably [1][2] <Bufonidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Unidentified Frog (Tadpole). photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.

Eastern Japanese Common Toad (Tadpole) [1], Azuma Hiki-gaeru or Bufo japonicus formosus <Bufonidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
Latouche's Frog [1] or Rana latouchii <Ranidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Eggs of Forest Green Tree Frog, Mori Ao-gaeru or Rhacophorus arboreus <Rhacophoridae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan.

Eastern Japanese Common Toad [2], Azuma Hiki-gaeru or Bufo japonicus formosus <Bufonidae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan.
Montane Brown Frog [4][5][6], Yama Aka-gaeru or Rana ornativentris <Ranidae>. photo: 04/2006, Tokyo, Japan. American Bull Frog [1][2], Ushi-gaeru or Rana catesbeiana <Ranidae>. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Unidentified Frog (Tadpole) [1][2]. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan. Japanese Tree Frog [3][4][5], Nihon Ama-gaeru or Hyla japonica <Hylidae>. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Unidentified Frog. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.

Unidentified Frog. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Unidentified Frog. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. Unidentified Toad [1][2][3]. photo: 09/2006, Khlong Thom, Thailand.

Unidentified Frog. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon. Latouche's Frog [1] or Rana latouchii <Ranidae>. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Central Formosan Toad [1][2] or Bufo bankorensis <Bufonidae>. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.

Eastern Japanese Common Toad [3], Azuma Hiki-gaeru or Bufo japonicus formosus <Bufonidae>. photo: 06/2008, Tokyo, Japan.
Central Formosan Toad[3][4][5] or Bufo bankorensis <Bufonidae>. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan. Japanese Tree Frog [6][7][8], Nihon Ama-gaeru or Hyla japonica <Hylidae>. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.

Unidentifiable Frog. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. Montane Brown Frog [7], Yama Aka-gaeru or Rana ornativentris <Ranidae>. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan. Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog or Rana subaquavocalis <Ranidae>. photo: 08/2008, Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, USA.

Woodhouse's Toad [1] or Bufo woodhousii <Bufonidae>. photo: 08/2008, San Pedro Riparian NCA, Arizona, USA. American Bull Frog [3][4], Ushi-gaeru or Rana catesbeiana <Ranidae>. photo: 08/2008, San Pedro Riparian NCA, Arizona, USA. Red-spotted Toad, or Bufo punctatus <Bufonidae>. photo: 08/2008, Sunglow Ranch, Arizona, USA.

American Bull Frog [5][6], Ushi-gaeru or Rana catesbeiana <Ranidae>. photo: 08/2008, Sunglow Ranch, Arizona, USA. Woodhouse's Toad [2] or Bufo woodhousii <Bufonidae>. photo: 08/2008, Chiricahuas, Arizona, USA. A Treefrog or Rhacophorus aurantiventris <Rhacophoridae>. photo: 06/2010, Taitung Province, Taiwan.

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