#rocket frog

[herpsandbirds]

Hellmich's Rocket Frog (Hyloxalus vergeli), father carrying tadpoles, family Dendrobatidae, endemic to Cundinamarca, Colombia

These frogs are in the Poison Dart Frog family, but are not significantly poisonous.

photograph by Brandon Brand Buitrago Marulanda

[thelizerdwizerd]

let's cling to mama

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Hoppy New Year: Cryptic forest frogs are closely related to poison dart frogs, but they don't produce lethal toxins. Both male and female frogs take care of their eggs and tadpoles.

[letsseethelog]

All four inhabitants of my large frog tank are out tonight! I rarely see the rocket frog so that’s exciting. A lot more exciting than my water heater exploding which also happened tonight but we take the wins with the losses

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A new species of rocket frog (Ectopoglossus sp nov) spotted at the Velo de Novia waterfall, in the Junin community, Imbabura province, Ecuador. Two frog species are at the centre of a fight to save an Ecuadorean forest from destruction by mining

Photograph: Cristina Vega Rhor/AFP/Getty Images

[toadschooled]

A Talamanca rocket frog [also known as the striped rocket frog, Allobates talamancae] transporting its tadpoles to a stream, where they will continue their development into frogs. This very small species is native to Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Their eggs are laid directly in the leaf litter, and both parents carry their tadpoles on their backs once they hatch. Images taken in Limon, Costa Rica, by Angel Solis.

[marauderfan]

@naturelvr-69 Jennifer, this fellow is a ‘bumpy rocket frog’, an Aussie :-) Their name implies that they have a really quick start, and I’ve seen a funny picture of one, where one sees the back legs focused plus a streak of disappearing frog. I hope you and all our friends have a photo finish start into Easter and spring and I wish all a happy weekend.

[ultimate-passport]

Rocket From - Arnhem Land, Australia