#chiromantis

Southern or Grey Foam-nest Tree Frogs (Chiromantis xerampelina), family Rhacophoridae, South Africa

The adult females make a foam nest (from cloacal mucous), in a tree, bush or other vegetaion above water, in which they lay their eggs, which are then fertilized by the male. The tadpoles hatch from the eggs later, then drop down form the foam nest into the water below.

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus) trying to eat a Foam Nest Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina).

Credit: Michael Flebbe

Samkos bush frog: a frog with green blood and turquoise bones

Chiromantis samkosensis (Rhacophoridae) is a species of frog just described in 2007 from Phnom Samkos, in the northwestern section of the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia.

This species is distinctive from any other by having green blood; turquoise bones; a thick, white line running from below the midsection of the eye onto the upper lip to the shoulder; and fingers III and IV being more than one-quarter webbed. It is further distinguished from its congeners by a unique combination of additional morphological and color pattern characteristics.

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Photo credit: ©Jeremy Holden