#boophis

[markscherz]

Boophis albilabris is one of Madagascar’s largest tree frogs. Yesterday we found this individual just beside the road near Ranomafana National Park. This is it in situ, just chilling on a leaf.

[markscherz]

My team and I have spent a few days in the rainforest of Ranomafana National Park on our way east to the littoral forest south of Farafangana called Agnalazaha. It’s been dry here, but we were happy to find a few calling frogs, like this beautiful male Boophis tasymena.

[markscherz]

Happy Christmas to the frog lovers of Tumblr from the beautiful Boophis lilianae, possibly the smallest Boophis species. They wear Christmassy colours year-round.

[markscherz]

Last year my team drove through Ranomafana on our way down to Madagascar's east coast, and we stayed a few nights to do some searches in the surrounding habitats and inside the forest. I managed to play with my new camera (Nikon Z8), and got some pretty nice stuff. Here, a few Boophis cf. sandrae specimens that live along a (quite polluted) stream inside the village of Ranomafana itself.

[markscherz]

Just wanted to say I was in a car ride with coworkers today and it was super cool to hear you on NPR! It took all of my willpower to not announce that I in fact already knew who you were because that would have meant that I'd have had to also reveal to my colleagues that I have a tumblr and I don't think we're on that level quite yet. Anyway, congrats!

So cool that it was heard so widely! I had old schoolmates from 15 years ago reach out and say they heard me as well.

[markscherz]

You hit NPR! The frogs were featured on the Short Wave podcast!

I know! I did an interview with them, and they used some of the audio in the episode! I have been listening to Short Wave since its inception :)

[markscherz]

Mark! They talked about your frogs on a podcast I was listening to! Very brief but as soon as I heard it, I said "I gotta tell Mark!". Time stamp 26:55

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1210938238

Oh how funny. I did an interview for Short Wave, so I've been having quite a few messages from friends saying they heard me on the radio, but I didn't know it had come up on the NPR Politics Podcast, of all places! I wonder if it will make it to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!

[herpsandbirds]

Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis), family Mantellidae, Madagascar

In 2001, this genus was moved from the family Rhacophoridae to the Mantellidae.

photograph by Artur Tomaszek - Inglourious Reptiles